TWENTY-six–year-old Gavin Bachan of 181 Hope West, Enmore, East Coast Demerara and an assistant registration clerk at the Guyana Elections Commission was killed early Monday morning after the Alteza motorcar he was driving, PNN 7981, slammed into the Kitty seawall in the vicinity of Celina Resort.

Bachan was reportedly heading home at the time of the accident following a brief outing to usher in his birthday, which he would have celebrated yesterday.
Information reaching the Guyana Chronicle suggested that the young man first visited a family member in the city and they later travelled to a popular city bar where they were imbibing before Bachan decided to leave for home.
Persons who reside close to where the accident occurred explained that they heard a loud impact and when they looked outside and rushed to the scene, they noticed the badly injured man in the front seat of the vehicle panting for breath.
Police confirmed that the man was the only one in the car at the time of the accident and that he had sustained major injuries.
Bachan on Monday of this week had proceeded on three weeks’ annual leave in keeping with his birthday. Speaking with this newspaper yesterday morning at the home of the dead man, a cousin, Satanand Gopie, said that relatives last heard from the young man at 23:00 hrs on Monday night.
He said that the man was at home on Monday morning then left to go out in the afternoon to visit another relative. He said that relatives were not too familiar with what really caused the accident since they were not on the scene.
The man was not willing to get into much of what the relatives had heard about the accident and directed that the information be sought from the police. Yesterday when this newspaper visited the Kitty Police Station where the vehicle was already on a tow truck, the extensive damage was visible.
The vehicle’s back and front bumpers were damaged as well as lights and other fixtures.
The entire left side of the car was badly damaged and the air bags had been activated. Over at the home of the man, family members, friends and workers from the Guyana Elections Commission where the man had worked for five years were present to offer their condolences to the mother and siblings.

(By Leroy Smith)