The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 10.30 pm last night at the Liliendaal Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara, in the vicinity of the Liliendaal Bridge.
In a statement, the police said that the accident involved hire car # HC 6244, silver-grey in colour, driven by Devaskar Jetoo (deceased) of Lot 79 New Road Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara; motor car # PMM 1176, brown in colour, owned and driven by Petal Northe, age 45, of Lot 14 Arapaima Street, East La Penitence, Georgetown; and motor car PWW 3133, silver in colour, driven by Nazad Ali, 24, of Atlantic Gardens, ECD (deceased), and occupant Evana Seejatan, age 26, of Lot 148- 150 Atlantic Gardens, East Coast Demerara.
Enquiries so far disclosed that motor car PWW 3133 was proceeding west along the southern side of the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal at a fast rate and the driver was in the process of overtaking motor car PMM 1176. In doing so, it collided with the right side front fender of the said motor car.
The police said that the driver of PWW 3133 then lost control and ended up into the path of hire car HC 6244 which was proceeding east along the said road where a second collision occurred. As a result of the collision, motor car PWW 3133 and the hire car were extensively damaged.
The driver of motor car PWW 3133 was pronounced dead at the scene by Doctor Joseph. The body was then taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Mortuary awaiting a Post Mortem. The hire car driver, Devaskar Jetoo, who was taken by ambulance to the Georgetown Public Hospital, succumbed at about 04:00 hrs this morning at GPHC. The body is presently lying at the said hospital’s mortuary. The third driver and the other 26-year-old occupant who was in one of the vehicles have been admitted at the said GPHC with multiple injuries.
The mangled vehicles involved in the accident are presently lodged at Turkeyen Police Station to be examined by a licensing and certifying officer.
Further investigations are in progress.
