An early morning collision between two minibuses has left a 53-year-old security guard dead and several others injured.
The accident occurred around 04:30h on Sunday at the Le Ressouvenir Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Dead is Clive Hercules of Lot 1615 Canal Number Two Polder, West Bank Demerara (WBD). The persons injured in the accident are: 45-year-old Winston Belgrave of Laing Avenue, Georgetown; and 37-year-old Jagdeo Singh, 24-year-old Caleb Henry and 21-year-old Raphael Khemraj, all of Lusignan, ECD.
According to Police, Belgrave was driving minibus PTT 7715 and Hercules was in the front passenger seat, while minibus BPP 1340 was driven by Singh with Henry and Khemraj being the other occupants.
Dead: Clive Hercules
It was reported that Belgrave told investigators that he was heading west along the East Coast road and while in the vicinity of Le Ressouvenir, he was blinded by two bright lights from a vehicle, which turned out to be minibus BPP 1340, coming from the opposite direction. He claimed that the oncoming vehicle then came into his lane, causing him to pull north which resulted in a head-on collision between the two buses.
As a result of the impact, both occupants of PTT 7715 were pinned down and sustained serious injuries.
The driver and two occupants of the other minibus, all of whom sustained minor injuries, were picked up by public-spirited persons and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where Singh and Henry, whom were in the front seat of BPP 1340, were admitted in stable condition. Khemraj, however, was treated and sent away.
Meanwhile, Belgrave was removed from the wreckage and later taken to the Woodlands Hospital. He was subsequently admitted in a semi-conscious state, but was said to be stable.
The busses involved in the accident
The Guyana Fire Service had to be summoned to free Hercules, who was pinned in the front passenger seat. After some manoeuvring by the firemen, the injured man was taken out of the mangled minibus and also rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body of the 53-year-old security guard is presently at the Lyken Funeral Parlour awaiting a post-mortem. When Guyana Times spoke to the distraught family members of the deceased, they disclosed that shortly after the accident, a stranger picked up Hercules’ phone and contacted them about their relative’s death.
It was then that they rushed to find the already dead Hercules.
The deceased leaves to mourn his wife, four children who are all abroad, and other relatives and friends.
