Police are probing a fatal accident that occurred around 01:30hrs today at Nelson Mandela Avenue and Vlissengen Road.
Dead is 45-year-old Nigel Cush of Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Georgetown.
The accident involved motor Lorry GYY 5875 which was being driven at the time by a 44-year-old man of Supply Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, and the motorcar PVV 7062 driven by Cush.
According to the driver of the lorry, as he approached the stop light at Vlissengen Road, which he said was showing green, he continued driving when he saw motorcar PVV 7062 proceeding south along Vlissengen Road.
The lorry driver said the motorcar then slowed down on the approach of Mandela Avenue, and continued further south, into his path.
Following the collision, the car slammed into a lamp pole situated in the center of the median.
As a result of the collision, Cush received injuries about his body, and was taken out of the vehicle in an unconscious state. He was placed into an ambulance and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A breathalyzer test conducted on the driver of the lorry, showed no trace of alcohol.
He is presently in police custody assisting with the investigation.
The body of the deceased is at the Memorial Gardens funeral home awaiting a post-mortem examination.
