ASIF Hussein of Independence Street, La Grange, WBD died yesterday morning when motor car PJJ 8608, which he was driving, slammed into a utility pole at La Union on the West Bank of Demerara in the vicinity of Crane.

Twenty–four-year-old James Pasraj and 20-year-old Abdul Khan, both of La Grange, were also injured in that accident.
When this publication visited the home of the dead man yesterday, his sister refused to entertain the media, saying the family would love to have its privacy.

This newspaper was informed that the three men were out partying at several night spots in Region Three on Friday evening, and were reportedly heading to another when the accident occurred.

A source close to the three men said the driver of the vehicle had been a former aviation employee, and had been driving the vehicle under the influence and at a fast rate when the accident occurred.
It has been surmised that the men were not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident.

A source disclosed last evening that the police were informed that the two accident survivors were under the influence of alcohol, but he conceded it was difficult to determine if the now dead driver of the vehicle had also been under the influence of alcohol.

The Guyana Police Force has consistently warned against driving under the influence of alcohol. The GPF has consistently confirmed via statistics released that most road fatalities occur late at nights and early in the mornings, a trend representing drivers or other road users, having taken the time to imbibe, using the road in a manner that jeopardizes themselves and other road users.

There have been several clarion calls for the police to have traffic ranks on the road at nights to monitor and bring under control the lawlessness associated with late night and early morning driving.

On the other hand, the police have argued that it was unsafe for traffic ranks to be placed on the roads late at nights and early in the mornings, since they are not usually armed, and such a move can endanger the lives of those officers.

Nevertheless, the Guyana Police Force does have patrols which traverse the main thoroughfares late at nights and early in the mornings; and those encounter persons who use the roadways recklessly, or drive under the influence, whom they detain and subject to face the consequences of their actions.