FOUR men are dead and three other people are hospitalised following a collision between a motor car and a Guyana Defence Force lorry on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Friday night.
The accident occurred around 20:45hrs on October 23, 2026, at Long Creek. It involved motor lorry #DFB 1788, owned by the Guyana Defence Force and driven by a 40-year-old resident of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice, and motor car #PZZ 8392, driven by 55-year-old Egburt Blair of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden.
Police said preliminary investigations indicate that the lorry was proceeding south along the eastern driving lane of the highway.
The car was travelling in the same direction behind the lorry, allegedly at a fast rate of speed. The driver of the car reportedly lost control and crashed into the rear of the lorry.
The driver and all occupants of the car sustained injuries and were taken to the Linden Hospital Complex, where they were examined by a doctor on duty. Four of the seven people in the car were pronounced dead on arrival.
They have been identified as the driver, Egburt Blair, 55, of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden; Tevin Thompson, 30, of One Mile, Wismar, Linden; Dannel Darrell, 28, of Block 22, Wismar, Linden; and Eon Jarvis, 40, of Wismar, Linden.
The three survivors were admitted to the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit for treatment.
They are a 43-year-old woman of Rainbow City, Mackenzie, Linden; a 45-year-old man of Block 22, Wismar, Linden; and a 40-year-old man of Green Valley, Wismar, Linden. Police investigations are ongoing.