…police says car driver was speeding
A fourth person has died from Wednesday afternoon accident on the East Coast Demerara and police said that the car involved in the crash was speeding.
In a statement police said an investigation has been launched into the accident which occurred around 17: 55hrs on Montrose Public Road East Coast Demerara involving a truck and car.
Enquiries disclosed that the car was proceeding west along the northern driving lane of the southern carriageway at a fast rate of speed and while negotiating a right bend the driver lost control of his vehicle and collided with the median and ended up on the northern carriageway into the path of the truck which was proceeding east on the southern driving lane on the northern carriageway.
As a result of the collision, the driver car Lynden Pryce age 54 of South Vryheid’s Lust East Coast Demerara, one female, name unknown and two males whose name are also unknown. All sustained injuries and were escorted to the GPHC where they were seen and examined by a doctor on duty who pronounced them dead. Their bodies were all escorted to Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting Post Mortem Examination. The driver of the truck and the other occupants all received injuries about their bodies and were taken to the Woodlands Hospital and Mercy Hospital respectively in conscious condition where they were all seen and examined by a doctor on duty awaiting treatment.
