AN ACCIDENT at Capoey Lake on the Essequibo Coast has left seven-year-old Wesley Benn dead and others injured.
Sources from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have confirmed that the lad who lived in Lima Sands, Essequibo, died after the car in which he and his parents were travelling drove off a bridge and into the lake around 16:00hrs on Saturday.
A resident of the village, June Deyounge, posted on her Facebook page that she heard loud screams coming from the lake, so she rushed to the scene where she saw the vehicle overboard.

Villagers reportedly rushed to the assistance of the victims who were trapped in the car. They managed to save the lad’s parents but he was reportedly pinned by the vehicle.
Deyounge said she went to a nearby sandpit to get a loader, but by time they returned to the scene, persons had already taken the boy out of the water and rushed him to the Suddie Hospital, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The other occupants of the vehicle escaped with minor injuries. Details are still sketchy as to who was the driver of vehicle.
Toshao of Capoey Lake, Melrose Henry said accidents in the area are rare but when they do happen, it is connected to the usual “weekend lime” at a resort in the area.