Number 77 welder killed in Springlands collision

The Toyota Fielder, PNN 7736, which collided head on with Irshad Mamood

A Number 77 Village, Corentyne family is now mourning the loss of a son, who lost his life in a head-on collision around 8.30 pm on Sunday in Springlands, Corentyne, Berbice.

Irshad Mamood, 20, of Lot 51 Number 77 Village, a welder at the Skeldon Estate, was riding his motorcycle and attempting to enter Sukhpaul’s Gas Station in Springlands, when he collided head on with a Toyota Fielder. The result of the impact saw him being pitched some 30 feet away.

Mamood’s girlfriend, Reshma Ramdatt, 18, with whom he had been living for just over a week, witnessed the entire incident. Ramdatt was sitting in front of the gas station, when Mamood rode further up the road to speak with an acquaintance. She said, “He been sit down pon the bike and somebody come for him and he gone with the bike and when he come back the car knock he.