{"id":21995,"date":"2024-09-02T23:17:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=21995"},"modified":"2024-09-02T23:17:59","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T23:17:59","slug":"corentyne-woman-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident-driver-flees-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/corentyne-woman-killed-in-hit-and-run-accident-driver-flees-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Corentyne Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run Accident, Driver Flees Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Royan Abrams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A tragic hit-and-run accident in Corentyne has claimed the life of Simone Thompson, a 45-year-old domestic worker of Cromarty Farm, Berbice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fatal incident occurred on Saturday at around 8 a.m., when Thompson was struck by a speeding car while standing on the public road and conversing with a friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver of the motorcar, identified as #PHH 4644, was reportedly traveling east at a high speed when the left side of the vehicle collided with Thompson, who was crossing from the northern to the southern side of the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact caused her to fall to the road&#8217;s surface, leaving her severely injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thompson was rushed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital by a passerby, but was declared dead upon arrival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her daughter, Alisa Burnette, recounted the heartbreaking moment she realized her mother had been hit, stating that Thompson took her last breath at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The driver, who fled the scene immediately after the accident, remains on the run as police continue their investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vehicle involved is currently in custody at the Whim Police Station as authorities work to apprehend the suspect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Royan Abrams A tragic hit-and-run accident in Corentyne has claimed the life of Simone Thompson, a 45-year-old domestic worker of Cromarty Farm, Berbice. The fatal incident occurred on Saturday&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21995","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\/21995","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=21995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21996,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21995\/revisions\/21996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}