Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at 1.55 am today on the Auchlyne Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice after a hire car driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) pole.
The accident involved Hire Car #HD 2939, owned and driven by Ezekiel Kempadoo (now deceased), a 24-year-old of Tain, Corentyne. In the vehicle at the time was an 18-year-old from Whim, Corentyne, a release from the police said.
Enquiries disclosed that the car was proceeding west along the southern drive lane of the road at a fast rate when the driver failed to negotiate a right turn (bend) and lost control of the vehicle, which swerved onto the southern grass parapet and collided with a GPL pole.
As a result of the collision, the car flipped and ended up in a trench on the southern side of the road. The driver and teenage occupant sustained injuries about their bodies. They were both picked up in a conscious condition by public-spirited citizens and taken to Port Mourant Public Hospital, where they were seen and examined by the doctor on duty, who admitted the occupant for observation suffering from abrasions about his body. The driver was treated and transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he succumbed at about 3.30 am today while receiving medical attention.
His body is presently lying at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital’s Mortuary awaiting a Post-Mortem Examination.
