Mere minutes after leaving a Criminal Investigation Department social at the Gravity Night Club, Assistant.Commissioner Balram Persaud, was involved in an accident and is now hospitalized in a serious condition.
The accident occurred about 23 hrs as the second in command of the Guyana Police Force was heading home on the main road close to Dairy Village, West Coast Demerara. “We hear that he was driving home at about 11:30 and he tyre blow out and the car flip over and he get injured bad,” reported a nephew, Johnny.
Up to yesterday afternoon as news of the accident spread, relatives and friends gathered at the Balwant Singh Hospital but according to reports, no one was allowed inside to see Persaud. “We hear that he deh really bad and doctors say his chances are 50/50. “They tell we that they will give us more information (today) so we are waiting and hoping for the best,” said another relative who did not give his name…[+]