Truck driver killed; porter injured in horrific accident
A 27-year-old truck driver lost his life on Friday afternoon when his truck toppled while descending a hill in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Dead is Alli Edwards of Lot 140 Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Reports are that the accident occurred at about 17:30h along the Lion Mountain Trail in Cuyuni-Mazaruni.
Dead: Alli Edwards
Edwards’s porter, 19-year-old Andrew Bromes, of Lot 80 Kuru Kururu, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, who was in the truck, was injured.
According to Police, the motor lorry was moving at a high speed in a southward direction along the eastern side of Lion Mountain Trail when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The lorry collided with a mud wall (baranka) on the trail, causing it to flip multiple times, resulting in both the driver and the occupant sustaining injuries.
Police said the porter was found unconscious at the scene of the accident. He was rushed to the Bartica Regional Hospital for medical attention and was admitted.
However, Edwards was trapped inside the mangled cab of the truck and unresponsive.
Emergency responders took hours to pull him from the wreckage, and he too was rushed to the Bartica Hospital. However, he was pronounced dead. His body is at the Bartica Hospital’s mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination (PME). (G9)
