Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer Clyde Butts died after an accident at Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara yesterday afternoon.
Butts was 66.
Investigations revealed that at about 15:15 hours, Butts, the driver and owner of motor car PTT 66, and a lorry, GAC 7592, collided at the intersection of the Eccles Industrial Site Road and the First Access Road west of the roundabout. The impact pushed Butts’ car into the path of a van, GAE 8844.
As a result of the accident all three of the vehicles were damaged and Butts sustained serious injuries. Emergency medical technicians attended the scene and transported him via ambulance to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Butts was a former chairman of the Senior Selection Panel of Cricket West Indies.
He also played several test matches between 1985 and 1988, and appeared in 87 First-Class matches and 32 List-A games for Guyana, taking a combined 380 wickets in his career.
The police issued the following press release last night:
Former Guyanese and West Indian cricketer Clyde Butts lost his life in a vehicular accident at Eccles on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) this afternoon.
The accident occurred at around 15:15 hrs this afternoon (Friday 8th December 2023) at the junction of Eccles Industrial Site Road and First Access Road (West of the roundabout on the Southern side of Eccles Industrial Site Road).
The accident involved motor lorry GAC 7592, owned and driven by Lloyd Gunraj, a 41-year-old of Bartica; motor van GAE 8844, driven by Christopher Comacho, a 22-year-old of Lamaha and Waterloo Street, Georgetown; and motor car PTT 66, driven by Clyde Butts, the 66-year-old cricketer of Lot 1655 Plot B Herstelling, EBD.
Enquiries disclosed that the lorry was proceeding West along the southern drive lane of Eccles Industrial Site Road when it was alleged by the driver that on the approach to the First Access Road, he saw motor car PTT 66 proceeding North along the Access road.
The lorry driver said Butts failed to stop and proceeded on Eccles Industrial Site Road and ended up into his path. On seeing thIs, the lorry driver said he pulled onto the northern drive lane to avoid a collision but despite his efforts the front of the lorry collided with the center portion of the car and pushed it onto the northern carriageway causing it to further collide with motor van GAE 8844 which was proceeding East along the southern drive lane.
As a result of the collision, all three of the vehicles received damage and the driver of the motor car (Butts) received injuries. He was taken out of the car by the emergency medical technicians (EMT), placed in an Ambulance and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty and pronounced dead on arrival.
Notices of intended prosecution were served on the drivers, both of whom are in custody assisting with the investigation.
