| – eyewitness says victims were racing with other driverPopular drag-racing champion Raymond Ally and a friend, Jermaine Frank, died at around 01:30 hrs yesterday when the car they were in overturned in a canal near Rahaman’s Turn after careening off the East Bank Demerara Public Road.Ally, 26, of Lot 42 Friendship, East Bank Demerara, and Frank, 21, of Lot 42 Friendship, East Bank Demerara, were trapped for over 30 minutes in the submerged vehicle.They were already dead when rescuers finally managed to pull them free.Both men were found in the back seat, indicating that they may have been desperately struggling to escape. However, a friend who saw the bodies said that the victims bore facial injuries. He suggested that they were knocked unconscious.According to reports, Ally was heading north and lost control of his black Toyota Crown, PJJ 5945, while negotiating Rahaman’s Turn at high speed.Close friends of the victims said that the men had just left a religious function in Peter’s Hall,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, East Bank Demerara, and were heading for a city night spot.Police have received reports that they were drag-racing with another car when the tragedy occurred.According to this report, a taxi driver who was travelling behind Ally’s vehicle observed that the occupants were drag-racing with the driver of a white car.But as they were negotiating Rahaman’s Turn, the car Ally and Frank were in toppled over and ended on the northern side of the roadway. The vehicle then toppled into the canal in the vicinity of National Hardware Ltd.Police were told that the man in the white car exited his vehicle, went into the canal for a few minutes, and emerged screaming. He then ran to his car and sped away. The taxi driver was unable to record the car’s licence number.Another taxi driver who rendered assistance at the scene, told Kaieteur News that moments before the accident, the very car in which the men were in passed him at such high speed that his vehicle shook.“I went on the Houston Public Road coming down to town and dis car fly pass me with a speed, me whole car shake up.”When I near reach Rahaman’s turn I see a crowd and right away I tell meself that is the same car get in an accident.”According to the eyewitness, he immediately parked and went to assist the men who were trapped in the vehicle. With the assistance of others,Cheap Jerseys USA, the two lifeless friends were eventually pulled from the overturned vehicle.Meanwhile, it took almost two hours for police ranks and the Fire Service to pull the car to dry land. Only then it was confirmed that no one else was in the car. Initially,Soccer Jerseys From China, there was speculation that at least three persons were in the vehicle.When Kaieteur News arrived some 30 minutes after the accident, several people had converged at the scene.Two men plunged into the muddy canal and tried valiantly to free the occupants and ascertain how many were trapped inside the overturned and submerged car.At the same time, a police tow truck was also attempting to haul the vehicle to shore.Eventually, the tow-truck managed to drag the car close to land and one of the rescuers pulled two muddy and motionless bodies from the back seat.Ally and Frank were then taken to the GPHC where they were pronounced dead. Ally had $26,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys,000 and a mobile phone, while Frank had $US $10 in his possession.On learning of the tragedy, Ally’s parents and several friends converged at the scene for several minutes before heading to the GPCH’s Accident and Emergency Unit to identify the victims. Among them was a friend who was to have gone on the journey with Ally and Frank but reportedly changed his mind at the last moment.Dead: Jermaine FrankIndra Ally last saw her son alive at around 21:00 hrs on Saturday. She was not at home when he went out later that night.Relatives described him as a “very loving,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, caring, and pleasant” individual. Close friends also expressed the same sentiments about him.“He was a real nice person. He didn’t smoke, didn’t drink often. He was a jovial guy… his death is a real shock.”Raymond Ally’s parents own the Gas And Go Filling Station at Friendship.The eldest of three and his parents’ only son, Ally graduated last year from the University of Guyana with a Degree in Business Management.Persons in the sports fraternity described him as a rising star on the race-circuit; performing impressively at recent races at the South Dakota Circuit.And Jermaine Frank’s father,cheap nfl jerseys online, Allan Frank, told Kaieteur News that he last spoke to his son at around 21:00 hrs on Saturday.He said that Jermaine informed him that he was going out to a “nine-day” function.Dead: Raymond AllyBut at around 02:00 hrs yesterday, a police rank called and informed Mr. Frank that Jermaine had been injured in an accident. At the time, the family had no idea that the youth had died.However, a friend subsequently informed Mr. Frank that his son was dead. This was confirmed when Jermaine’s 18-year-old brother went to the GPHC.Mr. Frank said that Jermaine and Raymond had been close friends for about four years.Jermaine, who was employed at the ECI Welding Company, is survived by a sister and two brothers. |
