A two-vehicle collision on the West Coast Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) public road early Saturday morning left one man dead and his motor car completely destroyed.
The vehicles that were involved in the accident
Dead is Salim Yusuf, a taxi driver of Bennett Dam, West Coast Berbice.
CCTV footage captured indicates that at least one vehicle was speeding and the impact caused both vehicles to veer off of the road and onto the parapet.
They ended up about 30 feet apart with both facing the road.
At the scene on Saturday morning, persons gave different versions of what may have transpired.
However, Police said the accident that occurred at around 04:30h on the D’Edward Public Road involved motor car PYY 3603, driven by a 33-year-old teacher of Kildonan Village in Corentyne, Berbice, and motor car PTT 9357 being by 30-year-old Yusuf.
Dead: Salim Yusuf
According to the Police, enquiries disclosed that the motor vehicle being driven by Yusuf was proceeding west along the southern drive lane on the said road while the vehicle driven by Bynoe was proceeding east along the northern drive lane at a fast rate.
The teacher, the Police said, lost control and collided into the right side of Yusuf’s car.
Yusuf was taken out from his car in an unconscious condition by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
At the time of the accident, the teacher was reportedly on his way to his Corentyne home while Yusuf is said to have been going home after dropping off a passenger.
The accident occurred about five houses away from Yusuf’s home.
His sister-in-law said following the impact, she went to the scene and the former bus driver appeared to have been dead already.
“My neighbour called and said that he got an accident and we run out, me and the other neighbour and I guess he was already dead, his head had fallen backwards and his foot was on the steering,” the woman said.
His sister-in-law said that Yusuf, who was living overseas before returning to Guyana, is said to be efficient in his business.
“He would be working taxi and when you call him, he always come and if he can’t make it he would send somebody for you. Presently, he was living alone, he and my sister was living together but since last December my sister went away on an island but the two of them still correspond,” she revealed.
Meanwhile, Police in a statement noted that the driver of motor car PYY 3603 is in custody assisting with the ongoing investigation. (G4)
