A couple perished yesterday after their vehicle struck a concrete rail on the Eccles Dumpsite Access Road, turned over several times and then landed in a trench
Dead are Shane Tyndall, 39, and Shabeca Gordon, 35, of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
The police said in a release that they are investigating the incident which occurred at about 8 am on the Haags Bosch main access road (Dump Site road) at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
The incident involved motorcar #PAJ 375, driven by Tyndall, and Gordon, the owner of the car. They both resided at Lot 609 East Ruimveldt.
Enquiries disclosed that, from all indications, the car was proceeding east along the northern driving lane of Dump Site road at a fast rate when the driver lost control and collided with a concrete rail on the edge of the road.
As a result of the collision, the vehicle flipped several times and ended up 130 feet further east in a trench on the northern side of the road and became submerged.
The driver and occupant were pinned down for some time in the vehicle, and they were later taken out of the car by public-spirited citizens in an unconscious condition.
The police said that the ambulance service was summoned to the scene and arrived shortly after with a team of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).
Both the driver and occupant of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. The bodies are at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting post-mortem examinations.
Further investigations are ongoing.
An eyewitness in the area told Stabroek News that around 8 am
the vehicle passed him at high speed. He was later alerted by truck drivers and construction workers in the area that the vehicle had plunged into the trench.
Construction workers in the area told Stabroek News that they rushed over to assist in getting the occupants out of the vehicle which was now upside down and submerged.
One construction worker stated that he spent five minutes prying open the doors of the vehicle and eventually got Gordon out of the car. She was unconscious. He went on to say that he felt around the inside of the vehicle with his feet but didn’t feel anyone else. He added that attempts made to resuscitate Gordon using CPR were unsuccessful.
Construction workers told Stabroek News that an excavator was used to extricate the car from the trench and while this was happening Tyndall’s lifeless body fell from the front of the vehicle after being submerged for about 15 minutes. (Tafari Cadogan)
