POLICE are investigating a fatal incident which occurred around 20:50 hrs at the access road at Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, on Sunday.

According to a press release, the accident involved motor car PRR 6860 driven by Timothy Kublall, a 22-year-old of Lot 102 Enterprise Squatting Area.

Enquiries disclosed that the car was proceeding west, allegedly at a fast rate, when the driver lost control and ended up in a nearby trench on the southern side of the road. As a result, the vehicle was submerged underwater with the driver in the vehicle.

The driver was taken out by public-spirited citizens and carried to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.