TWO persons, Shelroy McAlister and Fredrick Frazer, on Saturday, perished in an accident which occurred at 00:30hrs on Dundee Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
According to a police release, the incident involved motor car #PAB 8723, owned and driven by McAlister of Lot 11 Airy Hall Mahaicony, with occupant Frazer of Huntley Mahaicony.

Enquiries disclosed that the driver of motor car # PAB 8723 was proceeding west along the southern side of the road at a fast rate of speed, when he lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a turn and collided into a Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) pole and a concrete fence.
As a result of the collision, the vehicle burst into flames. The driver and occupant were both burnt beyond recognition.

Fire tender #106 responded to the scene, and both occupants were taken out of the vehicle and transported to the Mahaicony Public Hospital.
There they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty who pronounced them dead. The bodies are at the Bailey’s Funeral Home, awaiting Post Mortem Examination (PME).