The three persons injured in the horrific West Coast Berbice crash on Saturday that claimed six lives are recovering at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The 3 am smash-up which sent shock waves through Region Five on Saturday claimed the lives of Lindon McFarlane, 23, of Lot 102 Number 22 Belair, West Coast Berbice; Jamal Lynch, 22, of Number 22 Belair, West Coast Berbice; Jashaun Saul, 19, of Number 22 Village, West Coast Berbice; Gary Blair, 44, of Lot 661 Section D Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara; Keanna Dow, 22, of Lot 329 Number 29 Village, West Coast Berbice; and Joel Jacobs, 29, of Lot 661 Section D Turkeyen, Georgetown.
The three other persons, Akeem Solomon, 30, of Lot 30 Number 4 Village, West Coast Berbice; Brian Goodridge, 29, of Lot 39 Public Road East Coast Demerara and Fiona Massiah, 20, of Number 28 Village, West Coast Berbice, were injured and hospitalized as a result of the accident.
Solomon as of yesterday afternoon remained hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was re-admitted due to a broken rib, while Goodridge had regained consciousness and was improving and Massiah’s condition also improved.
This newspaper was initially told that Blair and Solomon were speeding west along the southern side of the road, while McFarlane was proceeding east, also at a fast rate, when the fatal collision occurred.
McFarlane’s car, in which Lynch and Saul were passengers, burst into flames after the collision, while Blair’s vehicle toppled several times before it came to a halt.
In Blair’s car, Jacobs, Goodridge, and Dow were the passengers, while Solomon had a lone passenger, Massiah.
