A teenager died yesterday afternoon after the truck in which he was a passenger hit a utility pole and toppled on Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, in the vicinity of Guyana Livestock Development Authority.
Dead is 19-year-old Glenroy James of Agriculture Road, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara.
Police said the fatal incident, which occurred around 13:45 hrs yesterday, involved motor lorry GAD 6445, owned and driven by Mahendra Surujpersaud, a 20-year-old resident of Agriculture Road. There were two occupants in the lorry at the time – James and 32-year-old Anand Motielall, both of Agriculture Road.