TWO persons have tragically lost their lives in an accident at Eccles ‘Dump Site’ Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
According to information from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the victims are 39-year-old Shane Tyndall and his partner, 35-year-old Shabeca Gordon.
Police said the incident, which occurred around 08:00 hrs on Thursday, involved motorcar #PAJ 375 owned by Gordon and driven by Tyndall.

“Enquiries disclosed that, from all indications, the car was proceeding east along the northern driving lane of Dump Site Road at a fast rate when the driver lost control and collided with a concrete rail on the edge of the road.

“As a result of the collision, the vehicle ‘flipped’ several times and ended up 130 feet further east, into a trench on the northern side of the road and became submerged. The driver and occupant were pinned down for some time in the vehicle, and they were later taken out of the car by public-spirited citizens in an unconscious condition,” the GPF said.

Police related that the ambulance service was summoned to the scene and arrived shortly after with a team of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).
Both the driver and occupant of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. The bodies are at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting post-mortem examinations, as investigations continue.