See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
Police are investigating a hit-and-run fatal accident which occurred at about 21:20 hrs last night (Tuesday, 8th July 2025) on the #22, Bel Air Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
The accident involved motor car #PAF 2130, owned and driven by Paul Mahabal, a 32-year-old resident of Montrose, East Coast Demerara, and pedestrian Kimberley Jones, a 16-year-old girl from Lot 63 #22, Bel Air, West Coast Berbice.
Enquiries disclosed that the car was proceeding west along the southern side of the road when the right-side front of the car collided with the pedestrian who was crossing the road from north to south. As a result of the collision, the 16-year-old girl received injuries to her body.
The car continued to proceed west along the road without stopping. The 16-year-old girl was picked up in an unconscious condition by public-spirited citizens and taken to Fort Wellington Public Hospital, where she was seen and examined by a doctor on duty, who pronounced her dead on arrival.
Contact was made with Mahaicony Police Station, who stopped the said motor car, arrested the driver, and forwarded the matter to Fort Wellington Police Station.
The driver is in police custody assisting with the ongoing investigation.
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