A hire-car driver, Ezekiel Kampadoo, 24, died on Saturday morning after losing control of his vehicle and colliding with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) pole on the Auchlyne Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.

The accident occurred at about 01:55 hrs.

Police Headquarters reported that Kampadoo of Tain, Corentyne was driving hire car #HD 2939 and had an 18-year-old occupant.

Enquires disclosed that the car was proceeding west along the southern lane of the road at a fast rate when the driver failed to negotiate a right turn (bend) and lost control of the vehicle, which swerved onto the southern grass parapet and collided with a GPL Pole.

As a result of the collision, the said car flipped and ended up in a trench on the southern side of the road. The driver and teenage occupant were picked up in a conscious condition and taken to the Port Mourant Public Hospital.

The occupant, who had abrasions all over his body, was admitted for observation.

The driver was treated and transferred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he succumbed at about 03:30hrs on Saturday while receiving medical attention.

Kampadoo’s body is presently lying at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital’s Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.