STEVE Albert Rogers, 53, of 105 Side Line Dam, Beterverwagting, East Coast Demerara, was killed yesterday morning when the motorcar in which he was travelling crashed into a bridge on the Orangestein Public Road, East Bank Essequibo. Police reported that at about 09:30 hrs yesterday, Steve Rogers and an unidentified child, about four years old, were passengers in motor car HB 7763 which was proceeding along the Orangestein Public Road, when it is alleged that another motor vehicle swerved across its path causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and it ran into the iron bridge.

Rogers and the child were taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival while the child was treated and referred to the Georgetown Public Hospital in a stable condition.

Roger’s wife, Juliet, told the Guyana Chronicle that he was on his way to Pomeroon when he was killed.
The 46-year-old woman added that she received the news of her husband’s death through a vendor, a friend of her husband’s, via the telephone.

The father of four had hired the car which was taking him to Parika, also on the East Bank Essequibo, from where he was, headed to Pomeroon to conduct business.

Rogers was the front seat passenger. The driver  escaped with minor injuries and is in police custody.

Meanwhile, eyewitnesses told the Guyana Chronicle that they heard the screeching of tyres and they saw the vehicle come to a standstill after colliding with the iron bridge.