Houston woman dies after run over by truck

A pensioner who was struck down by a truck yesterday morning on the Houston, East Bank Demerara (EBD), Public Road died after waiting approximately 45 minutes for an ambulance to transport her to the public hospital. Sixty-nine-year-old Chitraykha Sankar of Lot 61 Houston, EBD was hit by a truck with the licence number GMM 6594 sometime around 7:00 yesterday morning as she was crossing the public road. Sankar was pronounced dead on the scene of the accident by emergency medical technicians.