Police are probing the death of driver, Anthony Austin, 61, of Princes Street, Georgetown, who was discovered dead in the vehicle he drives at Enmore Station Road, East Coast Demerara, on Wednesday morning. No marks of violence were seen on the body. Austin was attached to Beharry and Sons Limited and usually transported workers with the company vehicle. The police are awaiting the results of a post mortem. The service included reflections by Courtney Gibson, a cousin and former editor-in-chief of the Guyana Chronicle newspapers, and ironically whose son’s wedding the family were headed when tragedy struck; Wendy Sampson, cousin, Courtney Parris, representing the defunct Guyana National Service (GNS); Chris Bradford; and Maxine Abrams on behalf of the former GTC (Telecoms); Soloist Anthony Alleyne gave a soul-stirring rendition of the hymn `How Great Thou Art’, while the responses were done by Cecil Millington, the twin brother of the deceased Cyril, and Edna Millington-Loncke, a sister. The theme of the message/sermon bordered on `Trust and Faith in God – the Father never gives more than we can bear’. NYPD, according to the reports, was forced to close off some streets to allow for the huge cortege which included three hearses, three limousines, to proceed freely from the church to Cypress Hills Cemetery, also in Brooklyn. At the cemetery, Michelle’s casket was the first to be lowered , followed by Cyril’s and then Dwight’s, with the latter’s casket placed atop the two with the remains of his uncle and aunt. The three deceased, Cyril Millington, Michelle Millington Carryl and Dwight Spencer, along with Carryl’s three children, were in a 2001 Mazda MPV minivan on their way to Florida when a Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck driven by Michael Delph, 28, also dead, against the traffic in the southbound lane, crashed head-on into their vehicle. While the brother, sister and nephew died on the spot, the three children were rushed to the Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, one by helicopter, and two by ambulance. The children’s father who had just days before arrived in Guyana to observe his mother’s 75th birth anniversary on July 26, upon being informed of the dreadful news by the Georgia State Police, flew back to New York the same Sunday. The Georgia State Police reported that all six occupants of the minivan were wearing seat belts at the time of the accident, while the driver of the pick-up truck was not wearing a safety device.
cidentally officiated at the funeral of Cyril & Michelle’s father, the late Ivan Millington, more 41 years ago in Guyana.
The troopers also found open containers of alcoholic beverages inside the pickup.
Police probing death of Beharry and Sons driver
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