{"id":17784,"date":"2024-04-03T01:40:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17784"},"modified":"2024-04-03T01:40:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:40:19","slug":"tragic-accident-claims-life-of-12-year-old-schoolboy-in-east-canje-berbice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/tragic-accident-claims-life-of-12-year-old-schoolboy-in-east-canje-berbice\/","title":{"rendered":"Tragic Accident Claims Life of 12-Year-Old Schoolboy in East Canje, Berbice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Royan Abrams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A heartbreaking accident has resulted in the untimely death of 12-year-old Justin Totaram, a student of New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School, hailing from Lot 53 Reliance Abandon, East Canje, Berbice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to police reports, the tragic incident occurred on Reliance Public Road, East Canje, Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lorry with registration number GMM 5087 was traveling south along the eastern drive lane when Justin Totaram was walking in the same direction on the same road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the lorry stated that as he was making a left turn into Sideline Dam, East Canje, he heard a shout and halted the vehicle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon investigation, he discovered Justin lying beneath the lorry near the left side back wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin was swiftly attended to by members of the public and rushed to New Amsterdam Public Hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justin&#8217;s father, Junior Totaram, expressed deep sorrow over the loss of his son, recalling their last conversation before the tragedy struck. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described Justin as an academically and athletically gifted child with a bright future ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, the body of the deceased rests at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, investigations into the accident are ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The community mourns the loss of Justin Totaram, a promising young individual whose life was tragically cut short in this devastating accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Royan Abrams A heartbreaking accident has resulted in the untimely death of 12-year-old Justin Totaram, a student of New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School, hailing from Lot 53 Reliance Abandon,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16850,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17785,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17784\/revisions\/17785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}