Driver receives electrical burns after crashing into utility pole
A young driver received burns about his body when he crashed into a utility pole along the Hosororo Stretch Public Road, Region One (Barima-Waini), while speeding.
Twenty-four-year-old Royston Gill of Hosororo Hill, Mabaruma, is said to be in a serious condition at the Mabaruma Hospital and has suffering third degree burns to both legs and fourth degree burns to his neck.
The car that crashed into the utility pole
Police said at about 12:30h on Thursday, the man was driving at a fast rate of speed when he lost control and collided with the utility pole.
As a result of the collision, the pole broke and the exposed wires were hanging. Police said that as the driver stepped out of the car, he walked onto a live wire which rendered him unconscious.
He was taken to the Mabaruma Regional Hospital.
