POLICE are investigating a fatal accident which occurred around 04:00 hrs on Friday, on the #43 Village Public Road (Bridge) in Corentyne Berbice.
According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the accident involved motor car #PAF 8289 owned and driven by Melena Stephen, a 34-year-old female resident of Lot 65 Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown. Four occupants were in the car at the time.

Enquiries disclosed that the car was proceeding south along the road at a fast rate when the driver lost control and crashed into a bridge rail on the western drive lane of the road.

As a result of the collision, the driver was pinned in the vehicle and was subsequently taken out in an unconscious condition by members of the Fire Service and escorted to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where she was seen and examined by a doctor who pronounced her dead on arrival.
Her body is at Anthony’s Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.

The occupants of the car were taken out in a conscious condition by public-spirited citizens and taken to Port Mourant Public Hospital, where they were seen, examined, treated and referred to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

There, they were further seen and examined by a doctor, who admitted a nine-year-old for observation; the 54-year-old and 28-year-old occupants were also admitted suffering from fractures to the leg and pelvis, respectively.
A 41-year-old, who was also in the car, was also admitted, after suffering from injuries to his chest. The four occupants of the vehicle were considered stable.