POLICE in Bartica are investigating a serious accident which occurred at Fifth Street and Third Avenue on Tuesday night, involving a hire car and a vehicle driven by a police constable.
According to police reports, around 21:25 hours the 22-year-old policeman, who is stationed at the Bartica Police Station and is a resident of Heatburn, East Bank Berbice, was proceeding west along the southern side of Fifth Street. While approaching the Third Avenue intersection, the hire car driven by a 54-year-old resident of Bell West Canal Number 2, West Bank Demerara and which was proceeding south along the eastern side of Third Avenue, failed to come to a halt at the `STOP’ sign.

As a result, the front portion of the private car collided with the rear left portion of the hire car, pushing same into a concrete culvert which is located on the western corner of the southern half of Third Avenue. This caused the hire car to turn turtle. The private motor car ended up on the southern side of Fifth Avenue.

With the assistance of public spirited persons, the hire car driver and his passengers, a 9-year-old female of Dagg Point, Bartica and a 28-year-old resident of Haslington, East Coast Demerara, exited the vehicle and were taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital where they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty. They sustained abrasions about their bodies and are in a stable condition.

The police did not sustain any visible injuries.
Breathalyser tests administered to both drivers found that they were below the prescribed 0.00 micrograms limit. However, the police constable was placed under close arrest pending investigations into the matter.