A Springlands jeweller, who left home to go for a drive with his brother is now dead while his best friend is battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), after their car crashed into a bridge and then a parked truck at Crabwood Creek on Sunday night.
Dead is Quadir Arkhan, 25, of Lot 12 Springlands, Corentyne, a jeweller of the Skeldon Market who succumbed on the spot. His close friend, Avinash ‘Pie’ Persaud, 18, of Springlands sustained severe injuries.
Persaud was treated at the Skeldon