A 22-year-old man who died after he was hit by a car as he cycled home from work at a restaurant was an only son who supported his family back in Nepal, his employer has said.
A spokesman for H&A Janitorial, who said Tara Bahadur had only been in Cayman for three or four months, told the Compass: “It is very sad – it’s rough.
“He was a cool youth. He called my secretary ‘mama’. He was very quiet and a very good worker.
“He was the only boy his mother had – he used to send money home to take care of his father and mother.”
It is believed Bahadur had two older sisters.
He was speaking after Bahadur, who was contracted out to Agua restaurant in Camana Bay, where he was in the entry-level role of dishwasher, died after his electric bicycle collided with a Honda HR-V SUV on the Esterley Tibbetts Highway just after midnight on Saturday, 7 Dec.
The driver of the car, a 24-year-old woman, was later arrested on suspicion of drink driving.
Federico Appino, executive chef at Agua, said, “He just started to work with us within, say, a month.
“He was a nice young guy and was just at the beginning of his career. He wanted to improve himself, very quiet, and open to learning with us and with the company.
“Something very bad happened – I found out in the morning. He had just finished work the night before when he was injured.
“We are trying to do what we can to bring him back to Nepal and his family.”
The H&A spokesman said, “He was a good worker, a beautiful worker – he was dedicated to his work.”
He added Bahadur had only worked for H&A for a few weeks and had arrived in Cayman “three months, maybe four months” ago.
He added, “In the time we got to know him, he was a great worker. He was always on time and never a problem.”
The spokesman added Bahadur preferred to use his bike rather than wait on company-provided transport.
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