Cambio businessman dies after vehicle hits carcass on East Bank

Vishvaykanand Narayan

A Cambio businessman succumbed to his injuries yesterday morning after the vehicle he was driving crashed into the cadaver of a cow along the New Diamond Access Road, on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD); his wife suffered injuries.

The deceased man, who was attached to L. Mahabeer & Sons Cambio, has been identified as 43-year-old Vishraykanand Narayan also called ‘Vish’ of Lot 8 Downer Street, Golden Grove, EBD. The accident occurred on Sunday morning at 00:30hrs. The Guyana Police Force (GPF) in a release yesterday said that Narayan was at the time driving his motorcar PGG 9779 south along the eastern side of the New Diamond Access Road, EBD, when he crashed into the carcass which was lying on the same side of the roadway. He reportedly lost control of his vehicle which toppled several times and collided with a concrete culvert along the road causing him and his wife,  Geeta Sammy to suffer injuries.