A West Coast Berbice motorist , succumbed after his vehicle collided with a  parked lorry at Bush Lot Village,  on  Tuesday morning.

It is the opinion of witnesses that the driver; Regan Simpson known as ‘Kester Reddock’ may have fallen asleep at the  wheel, during his return journey from Georgetown .

According to  Allistair Roberts,   his cousin Simpson, left home at about 02:00h to transport  two men to the Linden Car Park in Georgetown.

However, it was suggested that the accident  may have occurred at about 0430hrs  as  Simpson was returning  to his Lot 165 B Main Street, Hopetown  residence, during which period the motorcar PSS 854 , halted after  it  came in contact with a parked lorry . There were no visible skid marks  , leading to the  point of impact .

Roberts noted that after he was  informed about the accident at about 04:45h, two minuted later he arrived at the scene.

“When I got there, to my mind he had already passed away because he was not moving.”

There were about six persons, along with police officers at the scene , and the lorry was moved a few feet ,to allow easy access  to  the injured man ..

“We took him out and carried him to the Fort Wellington Hospital… He had some bruises on his face; I can’t say if his  neck broke, but he had some bruises on his abdomen  and his right hand was swollen. I can’t say if it was broken.” Roberts related.

Roberts  noted  that the accident  occurred  at a dangerous  turn  where  lorries wait along both sides of the thoroughfare ,  to off load paddy at a rice mill.

“The trucks are bad around the turn. For me I live around this area and I will know that the trucks are around the turn, but what about a driver from the Corentyne or Georgetown coming around the turn; it is a blind turn. Only the other day three people died right there after hitting two of those trucks. There was once  the traffic sign Slow, but it has since been removed’.

Meanwhile, Simpson leaves to mourn his three month old daughter.