Melanie Damishana octogenarian fatally struck down by minibus

Dead: Lydia Rodrigues

An octogenarian was fatally struck down on the Melaine Damishana Public Road yesterday morning, between 5.30 and 6.00 am, as she was crossing the road to board a minibus.

The woman has been identified as Lydia Rodrigues, 87, of 51 North Melaine Damishana, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Police in a statement yesterday said, Rodrigues was “standing on the northern side of the road. As the minibus BKK6714 approached, [Rodrigues] began to cross the road from north to south and ended up on the southern driving lane and the Mini Bus collided with her.”