Guyanese man dies after driver rams into crowd

A Guyanese man died yesterday when an irate driver slashed two men and then plowed into a half-dozen people on a sidewalk during an early-morning parking dispute in Queens, New York, United States.

Dead is Ricardo Chatergoon, 22, who moved to the United States from Guyana about 18 months ago and lived in Far Rockaway with his family. According to the New York Post, cops took a 22-year-old into custody after he went to the same hospital as one of his victims and the victim pointed him out to police. Reports are that the incident started on Liberty Avenue near 127th street, when a man in a white Hyundai Sonata got into a parking-related argument with two guys ages 28 and 29 who were in a parked BMW, NYPD Assistant Chief David Barrere said during a press conference held at the scene. A friend of the pair who asked not to be identified told The Post they were out celebrating the younger man’s birthday and that the Sonata driver had tapped their bumper and left them no room to get out of their parking space.

The dust-up ended with the driver of the Sonata slashing the 28- and 29-yearold, Barrere said. A group of people outside a nearby hookah lounge intervened and quelled the melee before walking east on Liberty Avenue towards 128th Street, he said. Seconds later, the crazed motorist zoomed after them on Liberty Avenue, mounting the sidewalk at 128th Street and ramming into six people including one of the men he allegedly just stabbed before speeding off, according to officials. The incident does not appear terror-related, Barrere said.

(Kaieteurnews.com)