A man is dead while a woman was listed in a serious condition after the vehicle in which they were travelling collided with a parked truck along Princes Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Dead is 35-year-old Trevon Butters of Caneville, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. The injured woman has been identified as 25-year-old Natasha Roberts of Wales, West Bank Demerara.
Reports are the motorcar bearing registration number PNN 8969, which was driven by Butters, was heading north along Princes Street at a fast rate but while in the vicinity of the City Police Outpost, the driver lost control and slammed into the rear of a motor lorry with registration plates GFF 9764.
As a result, the motorcar reportedly spun several times before it came to a screeching halt. Both Butters and Roberts sustained injuries as a result of the collision. Roberts was reportedly flung out of the vehicle and was later picked up and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she remains a patient.
Butters, on the other hand, was pinned in his seat and had to be removed from the wreckage by members of the Guyana Fire Service. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An eyewitness told Guyana Times that Butters and Roberts were seen leaving a popular Hadfield Street, Georgetown bar in the wee hours of Monday. The woman claimed that as the vehicle pulled off, they heard screams followed by a loud sound.
