BRAZIL’s Vice-Consul to Guyana, Theotonio Santa Cruz Oliveira, succumbed to injuries he sustained yesterday morning after the car which he was driving collided with another vehicle on the Lethem Main Road in the vicinity of T&M Bus Service.

This accident has reportedly also left Kasslyn Singh, daughter of Region 9, Regional Executive Officer (REO) Claire Singh, and her children in critical condition. They were travelling in a taxi when the accident occurred.

Lethem residents relate that Oliveira was instantly rushed to a hospital in Bon Fim, Brazil, where he reportedly died as a result of his injuries.