Georgetown: On Sunday six people died in separate accidents on Guyana’s roadways. On the Perseverance Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara three persons were killed and one hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).
The dead persons have been identified as Stephen Phillips called Mal, Aresh Harris, both of Buxton, ECD, and Abbenna Hubbard of Melanie Damishana ECD, and Dominique Ally.
The quartet was on their way home from an outing at Park Square Fun Park in Mahaicony when the accident occurred sometime between 8 and 9 pm. Phillips who was the driver of the motor car lost control and the vehicle flipped a few times before slamming into a tree. The impact of the crash crumpled the vehicle resulting in Phillips and Hubbard being trapped inside.
Meanwhile, a motorcyclist died instantly while his pillion rider remains critical following a collision with a motorcar at Main and Lad Lane, New Amsterdam, Berbice in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
Dead is Gavin Simeon Crandon called “Paddy”, 29, a carpenter, of Lot 93 Angoy’s Avenue.
Seriously injured is Harold Williamson Junior known as “Picky”, 15, also of Angoy’s Avenue, a squatting area on the eastern fringe of the New Amsterdam township.
The accident occurred around 01:00 hrs moments after he had parked his car along Main Road, in the vicinity of Pitt Street and had stepped out to view passersby.
Reports indicate that the speeding motorcyclists and pillion riders, none of whom were wearing helmets were riding along the eastern carriageway going into the southern direction. As they proceeded with increased speed a white Carina motor car PSS1890, being driven by an off-duty policeman who was moonlighting as a taxi driver, was proceeding in the opposite direction. As the driver turned to enter Lad Lane, Crandon, motorcyclist riding CJ735, collided head on with the car and was flung into the air before landing on the bonnet of the car.
His teenage pillion rider sustained injuries to his neck, back and other parts of his body.
The injured were taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital, where Crandon was pronounced dead on arrival while Williamson was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where he remains a patient in the Intensive Care Unit.
Further, a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal Marvin Dodson, 29, died after he was struck down by a speeding minibus in front of a popular nightclub at Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara (WBD) early Sunday morning.
According to a police report, an intoxicated driver was driving his minibus south along the eastern carriageway allegedly at a fast rate when he collided with the victim who was at the time standing at the side of the eastern carriageway with his colleagues. The accident occurred around 03:10hrs.
Dodson, of Cross Street, Alexander Village, was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital but was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where he succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical attention.
Meanwhile, the driver of the minibus BTT 8922 was identified as a 31-year-old resident of Schoonord, WBD. The minibus driver, who stopped a short distance from the point of impact, was allegedly accosted by a group of persons who allegedly assaulted him before he was taken into custody by the police.
An investigation by the police has revealed that his alcohol level was above the legal limit. The investigation continues.
As the fatalities continue, Daymon Barron, 43, a minibus driver who was riding a bicycle along the roadway at Rosignol Village, West Bank Berbice, was knocked down and killed by a policeman driving a privately-owned vehicle.
Reports are that Barron was riding his bicycle south along the public road when the vehicle driven by the policeman hit him from behind.
Barron was flung several feet away by the impact of the hit and was picked up in an unconscious condition. He was rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital but was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Hospital Corporation, where he succumbed to his injuries early Sunday morning.
A report noted that the constable, stationed at Fort Wellington, was proceeding south along the eastern carriageway in motorcar PWW 5999 allegedly at a fast rate of speed when it collided with the rear of the bicycle.
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