THE police have disclosed that an accident on the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Saturday evening, has left a man hospitalised at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) and several others nursing minor injuries. Enquiries disclosed that motorcar PLL 2388 which was proceeding south out of the Better Hope northern access road, drove east onto the Vryheid’s Lust Public Road and into the path of minibus BTT 8484, which resulted in a collision between the two vehicles.

The minibus further collided with a traffic light pole located on the northern parapet. Several passengers who were in the minibus along with the driver received injuries about their bodies and were assisted by public-spirited citizens. They were later conveyed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation where they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty, who treated them and sent them away. Xavier Jaramillo, 20-years-old of Helena, Mahaica, who was a passenger in the said minibus was admitted a patient for a fractured left thigh.
The driver of the motorcar along with a 21-year-old occupant were also taken to the hospital where they were treated by a doctor and sent away.
An investigation is currently under way.