Several persons including sports personalities Chelsea Edghill and Kristoff Shepherd were injured on Monday following an accident on Mandela Avenue.
The Police said that at about 9 pm at the intersection of Mandela Avenue and Homestretch Avenue, motor lorry # GWW 3741 driven by Omkar Pertab, age 31 years of Lot 41 Resource Canal # 2 W.B.D and motorcar # PPP 6198 driven by Shepherd, age 22 years of Now-or-Never, Mahaicony Village, E.C.D collided.
Edghill, age 24 years of Lot 222 Meadowbrook Gardens, Georgetown and Nickasie Lewis, age 23 years of Lot 167 Freeman Street East La Penitence, Georgetown were passengers in the car.
The driver of the lorry stated that he was proceeding north along the western carriage way of Mandela Avenue, while the motorcar was proceeding east along the northern drive lane of Homestretch Avenue. On the approach to the intersection, the driver of the car was negotiating a right turn onto the eastern carriageway of Mandela Avenue to proceed south, and in the process ended up in the path of the lorry.
As a result the front right side of the lorry collided with the right side of the motorcar. The driver of the car along with the two occupants were removed from the vehicle in a conscious state by Emergency Medical Technicians, placed into an ambulance and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Accident and Emergency Unit, where they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty.
The two occupants were treated for abrasions about their body and later sent away while the driver of the motorcar was treated for head injuries and admitted a patient in the Accident and Emergency Unit in a serious condition.
A breathalyzer test was conducted on the driver of the motor lorry but no alcohol was found. A notice of intended prosecution has been served. The motor lorry driver remains in custody assisting with the ongoing investigations.
