TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD, Richard Giddings of Diamond Housing Scheme East Bank Demerara, allegedly a former technician employed at a popular fishing establishment, was killed on Friday morning when the vehicle he was driving slammed into a culvert at Belle Vue Public Road, West Bank Demerara.

The man was allegedly heading in a southerly direction when he attempted to negotiate a narrow bridge bordered by two concrete rails, lost control, and slammed the left side of the left-hand-drive car into the left side of the bridge rail. There was minimal damage to the right side of the vehicle.

One man who rushed to the scene shortly after the accident told the Guyana Chronicle that he and another man were standing at the corner when he heard a loud impact and observed a car lying on its side bracing one of the bridge rails. He and the other man rushed to the scene and found a man lying on the road. They immediately checked to see if any other person was in the vehicle, and the other persons who eventually responded to the crash attempted to place the still alive injured man in an appropriate position to enable him to breathe with ease.

The man, however, died before reaching the West Demerara Regional Hospital.

When the chronicle showed up at the man’s relatives’ home on the West Bank Demerara, no one there was willing to speak about the accident, as they all claimed unfamiliarity with the facts of the mishap. The police are, however, investigating the circumstances attending the accident.