A driver is currently battling for his life in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital after he reportedly lost control of the minibus he was driving and it crashed into a steel rail and toppled several times before coming to a halt.
Scene of the accident at Land of Canaan
This incident occurred at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, at about 03:20h on Saturday, April 22, and involved minibus BAC 6836.
Joel Primo, 27, was allegedly speeding along the eastern side of the East Bank Demerara public road when he crashed into the steel rail of a bridge. Eyewitnesses related that the minibus was swerving from side to side before colliding with the steel rail, after which it flipped several times before slamming into a utility pole.
Alerted by the sound of the crash, residents living in the vicinity quickly rushed to the scene, where they found Primo and passenger Cynthia De Freitas, 28, in the wreckage. They were pulled from the mangled bus and rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Hospital, before being transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital.De Freitas has sustained lacerations to her back and legs, while Primo has sustained severe head and other bodily injuries.
The young driver was immediately taken to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and medical personnel are battling to save his life even as this accident is being investigated by the Police.
De Freitas has sustained lacerations to her back and legs, while Primo has sustained severe head and other bodily injuries.
