A MOTORIST early yesterday morning on Vlissengen Road in Georgetown was lucky to escape unhurt after the car he was driving burst into flames, forcing him to jump from the moving vehicle.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle at the scene yesterday morning, the driver Daniel DaSilva, who was the only person in the vehicle, related that while driving, he felt a heat and attempted to stop the vehicle but when he

applied the brakes, the vehicle would not stop.
He then noticed thick smoke, and the next thing he knew the car immediately burst into flames, forcing him to grab his bag and jump out of the moving vehicle. He said he couldn’t say when last the vehicle went to a mechanic, since it does not belong to him but rather his pastor.
He was heading from the Ogle International Airport where he dropped off his pastor shortly before the incident. The vehicle, a Mazda Axela PLL 9683, is registered to one Lindmar De Baros.
The incident was observed by a senior police officer who was heading to her office and she immediately informed the Police Operations room which telephoned the Guyana Fire Service. The fire brigade responded promptly and put out the blaze.
When this publication arrived on the scene, investigators were questioning the driver of the vehicle. A close look at the vehicle observed that the engine area appeared to be damaged beyond repair.
Shortly after the incident, several of the driver’s relatives and members of the pastor’s church showed up at the scene.

(By Leroy Smith)