TAXI driver Daniel Hinds, 26, lost his life yesterday on the Houston Bypass Road after his speeding car toppled when he reportedly tried evading a traffic rank bearing a radar gun, eyewitnesses said.Hinds, of Mocha, East Bank Demerara, was driving motorcar PPP 7130, and it appeared that he was not wearing his seat belt because his body was found lying outside of the car, according to eyewitnesses.
According to his father, Ralph, he’d left home around midnight on Saturday.
A saddened Ms Yonette Wilson speaking with members of the media yesterday
“He left the house at around midnight last night, after having a discussion with me and a pastor from the area,” Hinds’ father told the Guyana Chronicle yesterday.
Noting that he and his son had been going through a rough patch following a family matter which occurred recently, Mr Hinds said:
“Nevertheless, we managed to patch things up, and Daniel left to start working. After lunch, I got a call saying that Daniel met with an accident.” That call, he said, has since left him distraught, because he and his son were close.
Daniel was not only the youngest of his three children, but his “hand-and foot” as well. And as such his loss has come as a big shock to him and his family.
Apart from his father, Daniel’s mother, Yonette Wilson expressed her sadness on the death of her son. “He was a good boy; and he worked hard for whatever he had. It’s very sad that he had to go this way,” she said.
She also said that her son doesn’t normally drive fast, so it came as quite a surprise to her, when she heard that he was speeding.
Besides his mother and father, Daniel Hinds leaves to mourn his two siblings, and his girlfriend and their newborn baby.
The vehicle in which Daniel Hinds was travelling when he met his demise
(By Navendra Seoraj)