Baby among 3 escaped with minor injuries after car slams into shop at Bartica

Three occupants of a motor car, among them a baby, escaped with minor injuries on Tuesday evening after the driver lost control of the vehicle and it slammed into a shop at Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni).
Reports are that on Tuesday, at approximately 22:00h, Toyota Axio motor car PAB 6749 veered off the road and slammed into the shop at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Fifth Street, Bartica. Luckily, the driver, along with a

female and a baby, escaped with minor injuries.
The driver related that he swerved to avoid colliding with a motorcyclist and ended up in the shop, Hacks’ Variety Store, operated by Zulficar Hack. Hack is counting his losses, since the car did not only damage the shop, but some of its contents.
“The road is higher than the ground level of the shop, so we does got to walk down a few steps to go into the shop,” an eyewitness related.
The eyewitness further stated that there are occasions when persons would have to wait on the steps, when there are many customers at the shop.
“If it was at a time when the shop is usually open, it could have been fatal,” the eyewitness added.
Police have since launched an investigation.