Hampton Court man killed in crash with drunk driver

Bajnauth Samaroo

An Essequibo Coast resident was killed on Thursday night, when a drunk driver crashed into the back of his motorcycle on the Hampton Court Public Road.

The dead man has been identified as Bajnauth Samaroo called ‘Suresh,’ 62, of Hampton Court, Essequibo Coast. Stabroek News was told that the incident occurred around 6.35 pm.

Commander of ‘G’ Division Kalesh Pareshram told Stabroek News that from preliminary investigations it appeared that the driver of motor car PJJ 5803 was attempting to overtake Samaroo who was riding a motorcycle when the car collided with the rear of the motorcycle.