A Port Mourant, Corentyne man is now dead after the car he was returning home in slammed into a utility pole at Borlam Turn, Corentyne on Sunday evening.
The incident that claimed the life of Shazam Ismile, also known as ‘Imran,’ 23, of Lot 17 Portuguese Quarters, Port Mourant, Corentyne, occurred minutes after 6 pm.
Stabroek News was told that Ismile, who worked as a labourer with a market vendor, left home for work as usual on Sunday morning. However, in the afternoon he decided to hang out with some of his friends, who also work at the market.
Stabroek News was told that the three men—Ismile, Randy Seepersaud, 22, of Lot 1 Seawell Village, who is reportedly the driver and owner of the car involved in the crash, PMM 865, and Anthony Ramlochan, 23, of Canje—were all seen drinking at a rum shop on the Corentyne.
Later, the men proceeded to Palmyra, where the driver lives, and it was while they were returning to the Corentyne to drop Ismile home that the allegedly intoxicated driver lost control of the speeding car and slammed into the utility pole.
Ismile, who was in the front passenger seat, was pronounced dead on arrival at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where they were all rushed. Seepersaud and Ramlochan were admitted. Seepersaud is said have sustained some broken bones and minor injuries, while Ramlochan sustained broken limbs and has since been transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital for treatment.
Stabroek News visited the New Amsterdam Hos-pital yesterday to speak with Seepersaud, who is said to be in a stable condition, but his family was hostile and reluctant about releasing any information.
Ismile’s mother, Brahas Baijnauth, 54, told Stabroek News that Ismile would usually return home from work around 2 pm every day. When he didn’t on Sunday, she became worried. She then stated that he phoned her around 4 pm and told her that he would return home later.
According to the woman, around 7 pm, she learned that her son was involved in a car crash. “Me niece call and say Imran dead,” the grieving woman said.
Baijnauth related that they were told that the men were on their way to drop her son home when the driver, who was intoxicated, lost control of the speeding car and slammed into the utility pole. The woman confirmed that the three men were drinking before the incident. “People say the bai na drive smooth pon the road and he drunk and me son end up drunk too, like you know them drink and them gone he mother, then them been a bring me son home,” she said, while noting that the incident left her son’s face “smash up.”
Meanwhile, Ismile’s sister, Bibi Nazeea Ismile, 25, stated that she viewed her brother’s body at the mortuary and noticed that “he teeth bruk up and all he face tie up and he skin get blood and he get on he working clothes.”
Ismile, who worked as a labourer at both the Rose hall and Port Mourant markets, is survived by his mother, two sisters and a brother.
