DAPHNE Layne, 82, of Lot 52 Banks Avenue, D’ Aguiar Park, Georgetown has succumbed to multiple injuries following the Friday morning accident at Houston Public Road.She was the front seat passenger of motorcar HA 5086 when minibus PMM 3891 slammed into the rear of the car after putting off a passenger.

She was on her way to the Alexander Village masjid at about 08:30hrs when the collision occurred after she had left home in high spirits.

Layne sustained a broken hip, and a badly damaged face and was unconscious.

The driver, Joel James, 59, escaped with minor injuries and was treated and sent away, while two other passengers received serious injuries that required surgery. They are Amanda Ram, 34, and her son, 16-year-old Christopher Naipaul.

The group was heading to the Meadowbank wharf when a speeding ‘pit bull’ minibus, PMM 3891 registered to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), hit the side of the car which crashed into a utility pole.

Reports are that shortly after 08:20hrs, the car was travelling at a normal rate of speed when the accident happened; the driver of the heavily tinted minibus reportedly fled the scene of the accident.

However, the injured driver and passengers of the car, a Toyota Carina 150, had to be pulled from the mangled vehicle, which also crashed into a utility pole and broke in two. They were taken to the hospital for medical attention by passersby who rendered assistance.

The police were summoned and lodged the bus, while the badly wrecked car was towed away by a Canter truck.