Dead are nine-year-old Indar Rhagubir of Blairmont, West Coast Berbice, and a woman whose name was only given as Ms. Richmond. They both suffered extensive injuries.

Those injured are the dead child’s mother – Indira Rhagubir, 35, also of Blairmont, West Coast Berbice, and the driver of the motor vehicle, HB 7274, Metango Cameron, 37, of Number 6 Limlair Village, Corentyne Coast.

They were rushed to the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital where young Indar Rhagubir and the woman Richmond were pronounced dead on arrival.

Meanwhile, Indira Rhagubir’s who suffered severe injuries to her head and neck also sustained a broken left leg and a broken arm. She was admitted to the hospital unconscious, but after initial treatment, regained consciousness by noon. But she continued slipping in and out of consciousness. Immediately on opening her eyes, the woman began asking for her son, Indar, repeating the same question each time she managed to regain temporary consciousness.

Around mid afternoon, she was taken to have a CT-scan done before being taken for emergency surgery. This newspaper was unable to get an update on the condition of the diver Cameron, whose relatives live at Limlair Village and were not immediately available.

However, the Guyana Chronicle caught up with relatives of the Rhagubirs who, soon after receiving news of the accident, rushed down to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Indira’s niece, Rena Haney, and her husband Orin Haney, of 34, Duke Street, Haig Front , West Coast Demerara, arrived at the hospital distraught and shaking.

Trying with little success to keep composed, they told this newspaper that Indira had an appointment at the U.S. Embassy in relation to a visa for her son Indar who perished in the accident. It was not clear whether they were going to pick up the visa, or were going to apply for it. However, the couple said, from all appearances they were returning home when the accident occurred.

Regretting badly that Indira had failed to keep an arrangement she’d earlier made with them, Orin and Rena recalled that they had agreed that the mother and her son would spend the night with them at their home at Haig Front, West Coast Demerara, and travel from there to the Embassy yesterday morning.

However, it is not clear what prompted a change, but Indira and Indar did not spend the night at the Haneys’ home.

Orin noted too that Indira, who lives at Blairmont, had been temporarily staying at De Edward Village, hence it is very likely that she remained there and left for the U.S. Embassy early yesterday morning.