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Indian national dies in Annandale accident
-- going to buy drink for wife
By Shawnel Cudjoe

Dhinesh Khiantani, his wife and her son Steve Dhanbeer in happier times. Death car: the car that was involved in the fatal accident at the vigilance Police Station yesterday. Indrouty Rampersaud, mother-in-law of the dead man, points to the spot where his glasses were found. Kaloutie Khiantani (right) surrounded by her mother and aunt Indrouty and Sattie Rampersaud and her son Steve standing from left.

AN INDIAN national became the latest road fatality when an allegedly speeding car struck him down on the Courbane Park, Annandale Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) late Monday afternoon.

Thirty-four-year-old Dhinesh Khiantani, of Lot 6 Courbane Park, who managed a business place on Regent Street, died on the spot after he was hit by a dark green Nissan Blue Bird PEE 923 around 6:30 pm, while attempting to cross the road to purchase a bottle of soft drink for his wife.

The dead man was the manager of Super Selection Store on Regent Street.

According to reports reaching this newspaper, the driver of the car appeared to be under the influence of alcohol when the accident occurred.

Speaking to the Chronicle yesterday, his wife, Kaloutie Khiantani 28, said that her husband had just come home from work when she requested a bottle of aerated drink.

According to the woman, her husband replaced his shoes with a pair of slippers and left. Then about two minutes later, a loud commotion was heard on the road.

"I ran outside and I saw him lying on the road and he was bleeding", the woman related.

The blood-stained spot where his body was found about 40 feet away from his residence was still visible when this newspaper visited.

According to Khiantani, her husband was already dead when she reached him.

She told the Chronicle that he was bleeding through his nose, mouth and a huge gash on his forehead.

She said taxis parked on the road refused to take her husband to the hospital. "It was the driver of a bus that was coming home who saw the accident and took him to the hospital."

His wife said he had no family in Guyana, since he migrated from India in 1992. They had been married for six years.

Khiantani, who was described as a very friendly person, will be cremated according to Hindu Rites on Sunday.

The car is currently at Vigilance Police Station, but it is unclear whether the driver was also in custody.