Linden Highway accident…
– Mother was at the wheel
AN ACCIDENT at Kuru Kuru, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway late Friday night has left a 21-year-old-woman dead and two others suffering minor injuries.
Dead is Naomi Nedd of Yarrowkabra, on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway.  Also injured in the collision which claimed the young woman’s life, were her mother, Carol Nedd, and her 13-year-old sister, Shamika Elcock, also of Yarrowkabra. Police said that around 23:15hrs, Naomi and her sister were travelling in a motor car PMM 8869 driven by her mother, Carol, when a cow unexpectedly ran across the road. The woman swerved to avoid a collision, but lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a tree.
They were rescued and taken to the East Bank Regional Hospital at Diamond, where Naomi was pronounced dead on arrival.  
Members of the bereaved family were late yesterday huddled at the home of the deceased’s grandmother who lives at Stone Avenue, Campbellville, where an atmosphere of deep anguish prevailed. 
Their faces swollen and tear-stained, both Naomi’s mother and her little sister, Shamika, embraced each other on a chair, their exhaustion evident having cried for little short of 24 hours following the horrific accident.
The bereaved mother, Carol, who owns a popular grocery stall at the entrance to the Stabroek Bazaar, told the Chronicle pretty much what the Police reported: That they were on their way home to Yarrowkabra from selling on Friday night, when, around 11:30pm, as she was in the vicinity of Kuru Kuru, an animal she presumed to be a dog, suddenly ran across the road. She said she swerved, trying desperately to avoid hitting the animal, but lost control of the vehicle, skidded and crashed into a tree.   
She said it was villagers from Kuru Kuru who, on hearing the loud bang made on impact with the tree, came to their rescue and took them to the Diamond Hospital.  
Carol recalled that when they arrived at the hospital, Naomi was still breathing, but died shortly after. She later learnt that her daughter’s neck was broken. She and Shamika were sent home after being examined at the hospital and given a clean bill of health.
Naomi, who attended St. Gabriel’s Primary School and later The Business School, both here in the city, worked along with her mother and other relatives at their Water Street business, and was described by those who knew her as a quiet and loving person, very closely attached to her mother and sister.
Besides her mother, sister and grandmother, she leaves to mourn her dad, Leron Telford and other relatives.