LESS than 12 hours after two persons were killed along the Corentyne Coast, another two met an untimely end later Tuesday night when the car they were in veered out of control and collided with a concrete base.According to the Guyana Police Force in a press statement, the vehicle was being driven by 19-year-old Balram Nourang of Lot B #69 Village Corentyne, Berbice, along the No.70 Public Road when

the accident occurred. The release added that along with the 19 year old, there was also another young man, 17-year-old Haresh Ramsaywack of Lot 241 No.69 Village, Corentyne, Berbice was also in the vehicle at the time of the accident. It was while the vehicle was heading around a turn at a fast rate that the driver lost control, causing its left door to collide with the concrete base of the No.75 Arch located at the western corner of the No.74 Public Road.
The impact caused the driver of the vehicle to be flung from the driver’s seat while the other teenager, 17-year-old Ramsaywack was pinned in the car. Both teenagers suffered injuries to their heads and about their bodies and were picked up in unconscious condition and taken to the Skeldon Hospital where they were examined by a doctor who pronounced them dead on arrival. The vehicle the 19 year old was driving at the time of the accident is registered to a relative of his. It was unclear up to press time if the young man was the holder of a valid driver’s licence.
Omchand Nourang told the Guyana Chronicle that his nephew had borrowed the car around 20:00 hrs on Tuesday. He said a few hours later he received information about the accident and rushed to the scene. Eyewitnesses say the fire department used hammers and crowbars to get the vehicle open to gain access to the injured man. The process reportedly took close to one and a half hours.
Meanwhile, Ramsaywack’s mother Linie Ramsaywack said she did not know where her son went, but his friend who has access to a car would normally pick him up and they would go out. She noted that on some occasions, they would be at a bar at Number 72 Village but could not say where they were on Tuesday night. Ramsaywack leaves to mourn his mother and two siblings, while Nourang leaves to mourn his parents and two siblings. Tuesday night’s accident comes on the heels of another Corentyne smash-up which claimed the lives of two persons.

It was only on Tuesday that an accident claimed the lives of a 15-year-old boy and an elderly woman. President David Granger addressing the launch of Road Safety Month at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre yesterday morning, was forced to make reference to the number of road accidents as he pointed to the coverage that the Guyana Chronicle provided of the accident. In that accident the vehicle was being driven by 24-year-old Winston Collins who was said to be returning from Moleson Creek, where he and others went to drop off another young man to catch the ferry back to Suriname after he had completed a short stay here in Guyana.
Reports suggested that the vehicle at the time of the accident was also speeding. The car flipped and turned turtle killing the two occupants and causing three others including the driver to be hospitalised in serious condition at the New Amsterdam hospital. Those killed in the accident were identified as 15-year-old Akeem Harry and Paula Kissoondial. The injured were identified as Winston Collins the driver, Jermaine Smart a passenger and Keith Ross also another passenger. The police investigations into those two accidents are in progress.