THE police late Friday evening were still trying to ascertain the identities of two men of African descent who were killed in an early morning accident on the Linden/Lethem road.

The Guyana Chronicle was told yesterday that the men had been pinned beneath some wood after the truck in which they were travelling toppled while negotiating a turn approximately 10 miles past the Rockstone junction.

Information received state that the truck, GRR 9317, was being driven by 25-year-old Andy Ramsawack of 568 Block X, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara in a north/easterly direction to Linden with a full load of ‘form boards’ when the two men, who were standing on the road corner, asked for a drop and were picked up in the vicinity of Frenchman Junction.

Ramsawack offered the men a drop, but while going around a turn along the road, one of the wheels of the lorry suffered, a blowout and the driver’s efforts to control the vehicle became futile. The vehicle toppled, in the process fatally pinning the two men who were travelling in its tray atop the wood.

The driver told the police he was driving at a normal rate, but lost control after the wheel blew out. Meanwhile, Ramsawack and two other persons, who were reportedly in the vehicle at the time of the accident, were being treated for injuries up to late yesterday, while the two unidentified men were pronounced dead on arrival at the Mackenzie Hospital in Linden.
The matter was reported to the police at approximately 09:30hrs on Friday morning. The truck that Ramsawack was driving is registered to one Sohan Bipta of 34 Almond Street, Queenstown in Georgetown.