A pensioner was yesterday morning killed and a toddler left nursing minor injuries after the pedal cycle they were on, was hit by a vehicle driven by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal.
Dead is Harry Persaud, 65, of Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD) while a one-year-old girl whose name this newspaper was unable to ascertain, is a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital. The GDF corporal, who is stationed at the army’s farm located at Garden of Eden, EBD is in police custody assisting with the investigation.
