2 dead after car slams into lorry in Linden-Soesdyke highway crash

Two young men are dead and another is injured following a collision between a motorcar and a lorry in the early hours of Sunday morning. Dead are Sherwin James and Alex (only name given). The accident occurred around 02:00h at Hill Foot and involved motorcar, PLL 7365, driven by 22-year-old Sherwin James of Moblissa Village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, and motor lorry, GAE 5944, driven by 61-year-old Sewarran Latchman of Sand Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara (EBD).
Police reported that Latchman was proceeding west along the highway when he observed two white lights approaching from the opposite direction, but in his driving lane at a fast rate. He told investigators that he applied brakes and swerved left in an attempt to avoid a collision, but the car slammed into the right front portion of the lorry. James, the driver of the car, was pronounced dead at the scene. Two other occupants of the vehicle sustained injuries and were rushed to the Diamond Regional Hospital. One of them, identified only as Alex, later succumbed to his injuries. The third occupant remains hospitalised. The bodies of both the dead men were taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where they await post-mortem examinations. Meanwhile, police confirmed that a breathalyser test conducted on Latchman returned negative for alcohol.
Investigations into the fatal crash are ongoing.