A POST-MORTEM performed on the body of 23-year-old Budhram Jainaught revealed that he died of a spinal injury to the neck and other fractures about the body.Jainaught, of Lot 5 Unity, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, lost his life on Friday last when he crashed his father’s car, PMM 9055 into a trailer parked on the Greenwich Park public road, East Bank Essequibo. He was cremated Tuesday at the Ruimzeight Cremation Ground, West Coast Demerara.

Police say the young man was on his way to patch a tyre when he swerved to avoid hitting a female who was running across the public road. He then lost control of the car and the rear of the vehicle slammed into the back of a trailer that was parked on the roadway.

Public-spirited citizens rushed the young Jainaught to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A female passenger who was in the vehicle received minor injuries and was treated at the Leonora Cottage Hospital before being sent away.