POLICE are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 05:40hrs on Sunday on Belle Vue Public Road, West Coast Berbice.

The accident involved motorcar #PAD 9544, driven by Davin Daniels, a 29-year-old from Hopetown Village, West Coast Berbice, and pedestrian Mark George, a 49-year-old from Lot 2, Belle Vue, West Coast Berbice.

Enquiries disclosed that the car was proceeding east along the northern side of Belle Vue Public Road at a fast rate when the driver lost control of it, swerved to the southern side of the road, and collided with a ‘greens (vegetable) stand’. The car reportedly continued further east and collided with a bus shed where the pedestrian was sitting on a wooden seat. The car then continued further east and collided with a utility pole on the southern side of the road, where it came to a halt. As a result of the collision, the light pole broke and fell, in the process crushing a wash bay shed.

The pedestrian was pinned under the bus shed while the driver was pinned in his vehicle. The driver and pedestrian received injuries to their heads and bodies and were picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital, where they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty, who pronounced them dead on arrival.

The bodies are presently lying at Bailey’s Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination. (GPF)