Two persons are now dead following an accident on the Haags Bosch (Dump Site) Road at Eccles, East Bank Demerara at about 08:00 hrs on Thursday.
The incident involved a motorcar, PAJ 375, driven by Shane Tyndall, a 39-year-old and occupant Shabeca Gordon, 35, both from Lot 609 East Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
According to the Guyana Police Force, the car was proceeding east along the northern driving lane of road at a fast rate when the driver lost control and collided with a concrete rail.
As a result of the collision, the vehicle ‘flipped’ several times and ended up 130 feet further east, into a trench on the northern side of the road and became submerged. The driver and occupant were pinned for some time in the vehicle. They were subsequently extracted by public-spirited citizens in an unconscious condition.
The ambulance service was summoned to the scene and arrived shortly after with a team of Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs).
Both the driver and occupant of the vehicle were pronounced dead at the scene. The bodies are at the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home awaiting post-mortem examinations.
