A THIRTY-YEAR old man died on the spot last Saturday night after being struck by a speeding Hilux Surf pickup being driven by an apparent drunken driver.Abdul Zameer Abrahim, 30, of Lot 259 Success Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara was fatally struck while on his way home from work at

Chateau Margot Railway Embankment.

His relative, Sharon Fung told the Guyana Chronicle yesterday that Abrahim; a pedestrian had finished working and was walking when he was hit by a Hilux Surf pickup.
The driver of the vehicle is in police custody assisting with investigations, up to press time.
Fung said that Abrahim was married but had no children and was a joiner, adding that by the time they reached the scene of the accident he was already dead and his broken body was on the roadway until the police showed up at about 19:30 hrs.
She added that they got to know of the accident via a telephone call by a relative and they hurried to the scene and were told that upon impact he was hurled about 40 feet from the point of impact by the speeding vehicle.
Fund noted that when he landed on the roadway he was already dead because a resident, who is a Community Policing Group (CPG) member, heard the impact and went to the scene and told them that when he went to the body there was no pulse.
Relatives of the dead man yesterday said that the driver of the vehicle claimed he did not see Abrahim and that he was walking in the middle of the road but they said his slippers was left at the spot at the side of the road where, they believe he was standing, waiting to cross the road.