A 19-year-old woman has died after being involved in an accident at Mahaicony on Tuesday night.
The police report stated that the accident occurred at the Content Public Road, Mahaicony around 8:15pm.
According to initial investigations, Chandramala Singh of Novar, Mahaicony was the driver of motorcar PVV 3507 which was proceeding east along the northern carriageway of Content Public Road at a fast rate and as she was negotiating a left turn, lost control of the vehicle.
Singh ended up on the southern carriageway and later collided with a signboard which was erected on the southern parapet. The vehicle then hit a utility pole and came to a stop.
She was taken out of the vehicle by public-spirited persons and rushed to the Mahaicony Public Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Singh’s body is currently at the Anthony’s Funeral Home at Fort Wellington, West Coast Berbice, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
