A fatal accident that occurred on Saturday, October 16, 2021, at Liliendaal Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara caused the life of a hire car driver Devaskar Jetoo, and name of another driver is yet to be ascertained up to press time.
According to the details surrounding the accident suggest that the driver of motor car PWW 3133 was proceeding along the Railway Embankment at Liliendaal at a fast rate of speed when the driver was in the process of overtaking motor car PMM 1176 and in doing so, collided with the right side front fender of the said motor car.
The driver of PWW 3133 then lost control and ended up in the path of hire car HC 6244 which was proceeding east along the said road where a second collision occurred. As a result of the collision, motor car PWW 3133 and the hire car were extensively damaged. The driver of motor car PWW 3133 was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor. The body was then taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Mortuary awaiting a Post Mortem. The hire car driver, Devaskar Jetoo, who was taken by ambulance to the Georgetown Public Hospital, succumbed at about 04:00 hrs at GPHC o October 17. The body is presently lying at the said hospital’s mortuary. The third driver and the other 26-year-old occupant of PWW 3133 who was in one of the vehicles are admitted at the said GPHC with multiple injuries.
The mangled vehicles involved in the accident are presently lodged at Turkeyen Police Station to be examined by a licensing and certifying officer.
Further investigations are in progress.
