-Edghill urges operators of stuck vehicles to reach out for help
The post-mortem examinations performed on the three persons found in a mini-bus at 28 Miles, Mabura Trail last Saturday concluded that all three died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The police identified the three as Leon Achee, a 42-year-old bus driver, of Lot 245 Sixth Street, Martyr’s Ville, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara; Reva Bovell, a 24-year-old unemployed female of South Amelia’s Ward, Linden and Vincent Albert Fausett, a 44-year-old operator of 40 Plantation Ross, West Coast Berbice.
A police release on Sunday stated that the scene was visited by Commander of Region Ten, Guy Nurse, along with a party of police. “Upon inspection, the minibus appeared to be stuck in a deep pothole with the rear of the vehicle submerged. The vehicle’s engine was on, and all windows were locked. It is suspected that the victims had slept in the bus the entire night,” the police report said. It is believed that the bus’s air conditioning was on while they slept, which may have allowed carbon monoxide from the exhaust to seep back into the bus.
