Secretary of the Baramita Village Council Wanita Sobers was killed in an accident along the Baramita Main Access Road on Wednesday afternoon.
The police, in a statement, said that Sobers, who hailed from Central Baramita Village, North West District, was at the time of the accident seated in the front passenger seat of a minibus.
The minibus, BPP9730, driven by Deonarine Kumar, 23, of Citrus Grove, Port Kaituma, North West District, was proceeding west along the southern side of the road with five passengers descending a hill at about 30 to 40 km/h.