An 18-year-old Venezuelan woman was struck down yesterday on the Prospect Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
The dead woman has been identified as Nazaretlt Palacio.
Police in a brief statement yesterday said that at the time of the accident, Palacio was allegedly running across the road in the vicinity of the Bikers’ Sports Bar. Enquiries disclosed that the motorcar, PTT 3955, driven by a 21-year-old of Diamond Housing Scheme was proceeding north along the western drive lane of the western carriageway of Prospect Road, EBD. The driver told police that he observed someone running across the road from west to east on the said carriageway into his path.
