Businessman killed in Camp Street crash

DEAD: Derek Mangal
Georgetown: The owner of Emma’s Collection, Derek Mangal was killed Monday morning after a vehicular crash at Camp and Middle streets, Georgetown.

Forty-five-year-old Mangal of 13th Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was stationary at the traffic light at Middle and Camp Streets on his motorcycle when a female driver breached the traffic light and crashed into a Toyota Raum, which then knocked Mangal off his motorcycle pinning him to a utility pole.

He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed. Mangal leaves to mourn his wife, Rose Mangal and his daughter who is sitting the Caribbean Secondary Examination Council (CSEC) exams. The female driver is in police custody.