Three persons are currently patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following an accident on Friday night at the recently-commissioned Eccles/Haags Bosch roundabout.
A police report stated that around 21:40 hours on Friday, a speeding car collided with the roundabout, causing extensive damage to the water fountain and other parts of it. The car, PAB 805, was driven by Troy Humphrey, a 27-year-old employee of the University of Guyana (UG) Library.
Investigations revealed that the car was speeding south on the Eccles to Mandela four-lane road and as the vehicle approached the intersection at the roundabout, Humphrey failed to execute the turn as the road markings indicated and drove into the roundabout. As a result of the collision, the water fountain and other parts of the roundabout, along with the vehicle, were extensively damaged.
Both the driver and the occupants of the vehicle sustained injuries and were attended to by a team of emergency medical technicians who arrived shortly after on the scene. They all were rushed in an unconscious condition to the GPH. Humphrey and one of the occupants of his vehicle, Fulisa Burnette, a 19-year-old of Norton Street, Georgetown, were admitted to the Holding Bay in the Accident and Emergency Unit at GPH for observation and their conditions are considered to be stable. However, another passenger, Phillip Jeffrey, a 23-year-old security guard of Queenstown, Georgetown, was admitted to the ICU, suffering from a brain haemorrhage and a fractured right hand. His condition is regarded as serious. The motorcar was lodged at the Diamond Police Station.
The police upon inspecting the scene, discovered opened and sealed bottles of alcoholic beverages inside and outside of the vehicle. It was reported that the driver narrowly missed hitting a parked police anti-crime patrol vehicle, which was at the roundabout when the incident occurred.
When Stabroek News visited the roundabout around 2:43 pm yesterday, repair works to the water fountain and other sections of the roundabout had been completed.
