– six teens among fatalities

POLICE are currently investigating three accidents that occurred within a four-hour period in different parts of the country and claimed the lives of eight persons including six teenagers.

The fatal accidents occurred on the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara, # 11 Public Road, East Berbice, and Resource Public Road, Canal # 2 Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
According to a police statement, the first accident occurred about 22:04 hours on Saturday night at Unity and claimed the lives of 21-year-old Elijah Pellew of Lot 38 Unity Mahaica, 21-year-old pillion rider Raymond Rose of Lot 57 Supply Mahaica and Shawn Persaud, a 19-year-old of Huntley Mahaicony, ECD. Two persons are hospitalised in a serious condition.

The statement said that the accident involved a motorcycle driven by Elijah,
motor car PGG 9823, owned and driven by Balram Thuknauth, a 21-year-old of Lot 9 Huntley Mahaicony, ECD; motor car PAD 171, owned and driven by Keyon Stoute, a 37-year-old of Lot 69 Logwood Enmore, ECD, and motor lorry BMS 2 owned and driven by Bhupaul Bhawandas, a 51-year-old of Lot 140 B Quamina Street, Georgetown.

At the time of the accident Rose was the pillion rider on the motor cycle, while Persaud and Baskar Ramdeen, a 19-year-old of Lot 228 Back Steet Better Hope, ECD were in motor car PGG 9823.

Enquiries disclosed that motor car PGG 9823 was proceeding east on the northern driving lane of Unity public road while motor car PAD 171 was proceeding on the opposite driving lane behind motor lorry BMS 2.

“It was alleged by the driver of motor car PAD 171 that the motorcycle (with no lights on) overtook him in the said direction and collided with the right-side portion of motor car PGG 9823, which caused the car to spin twice into the path of motor car PAD 171.

The driver pulled left to avoid a collision and ended up in the southern driving lane parapet. As a result of the crash, the motorcyclist and the pillion rider were flung off the motorcycle, collided with the right side of the Lorry (BMS 2), and fell onto the roadway, receiving injuries on their bodies.

The occupant in motor car PGG 9823 (front right side) was pinned down, while the other occupant in the rear seat received injuries about his body due to the collision,” the police said.

The motorcyclist, pillion rider, and the two occupants of motor car PGG 9823 were picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The motorcyclist, pillion rider and one of the occupants in motor car PGG 9823 were pronounced dead on arrival at GPHC by a doctor on duty.

The other occupant of the car was admitted to hospital with a punctured spleen. The driver of motor car PGG 9823 was escorted to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital, where he was seen and examined by a doctor who admitted him as a patient suffering from cerebral concussion.

The drivers of motor car PAD 171 and motor Lorry BMS 2 are in custody assisting with investigations.

BERBICE ACCIDENT

Regarding the second accident, police said that it involved two motorcycles and occurred around 00:01 hours on Sunday on the # 11 Public Road.

Dead is 19-year-old Rahul Thakoor of Lot 19 Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Thakoor was the driver of motorcycle # CJ 2552 while motorcycle # CL 4458, was being driven by Keon Williams, a 24-year-old of Lot 109 Fort Ordinance, East Canje, Berbice. Lennox Reid, an 18-year-old of Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam Berbice was Williams’ pillion rider.

Enquiries disclosed that motorcycle # CJ 2552 and motorcycle # CL 4458 were both proceeding east on the northern drive lane of the roadway at a fast rate.

Williams claims that the now-deceased motorcyclist undertook his motorcycle and clipped the said motorcycle handle, causing both motorcyclists to lose control.

Thakoor then collided with a GPL lamp pole on the northern side of the road while the driver and the pillion rider of the other motorcycle fell on the road surface where they received injuries on their bodies.

The injured men were picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where they were seen and examined by the doctor on duty.

Thakoor later succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical treatment. Williams and Reid were treated and admitted for observation in the Accident & Emergency Unit. Their conditions are regarded as stable.

FOUR TEENAGERS

Meanwhile, four teenagers died after the car they were in collided with a parked lorry on the Resource Public Road, around 01:30 hours.

The victims have been identified as Daveanand Singh, the 17-year-old driver of the car and resident of Lot 1566 Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD); Ameisha Jaikarran, a 19-year-old of La Grange Old Road, WBD; Devyanie Narine, an 18-year-old of Kitty and Daniel Tribeni, a 19-year-old of La Grange, WBD.

Enquiries disclosed that the motorcar was proceeding east along the northern side of the access road at a fast rate when Singh lost control and ended up on the northern parapet. He crashed into the rear of the motor lorry, which was parked on the northern parapet facing east.

“As a result of the collision, Singh further collided with a concrete fence situated North of the public road,” the police said.

Two of the occupants were pronounced dead at the scene, while Singh and another occupant were taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital in an unconscious condition, where they died while receiving medical attention.

The bodies are lying at the Ezekiel Funeral Home.