2 weeks later: 3rd victim in Ruimveldt smash-up dies
A third victim in the two-vehicle smashup that had claimed the lives of Sarah Wilson and her husband Rawle McKenzie on January 8 in front of the Ruimveldt Police Station in Georgetown has died.
Dead is 29-year-old Pream Seecharran, called “Romel”, of Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara. He had been driving Honda Vezel PAD 2018, owned by Ryan Seecharran of Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, when the smash-up occurred at approximately 05:25h on January 8.
Dead: Pream Seecharran, called “Romel”
According to investigations, the motorcar was allegedly travelling at high speed when it collided with a pile of sand that caused it to flip multiple times and migrate onto the opposite carriageway of the Ruimveldt Public Road, where it subsequently collided with the front of Rawle McKenzie’s northbound minibus, Toyota Hiace RZ minibus BHH 8451, resulting in all occupants sustaining injuries.
Dead: Sarah Wilson and her husband Rawle McKenzie
Both drivers, having sustained broken limbs, had been trapped in their vehicles and had had to be extricated by fire fighters.
Wilson, a 51-year-old resident of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara, had been seated in the front of the minibus, and was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Her husband died at the Georgetown Public Hospital hours later, while receiving treatment.
Three passengers of the minibus, including a five-year-old boy and a 31-year-old man who had sustained minor foot injuries, were also examined at the scene and later transported to the GPHC, from where they were subsequently discharged.
The accident that occurred in Ruimveldt, Georgetown
Admitted to the GPHC Intensive Care Unit with head injuries, Seecharran had fought for his life, but has eventually succumbed. (G9)
