Drunken rice farmer dies after crashing pick-up into trench

A 25-year-old rice farmer is now dead after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and ended up in a trench along the Good Hope Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD) access road on Thursday evening.
The dead man has been identified as Jeuwel Ramlall. Based on reports received, Ramlall was consuming alcohol at a shop in Mahaica prior to the accident.
Reports are that Ramlall, after imbibing alcohol, went into his vehicle and drove off at a fast rate of speed. Whilst driving the pick-up, he lost control and crashed into a nearby trench.

He was taken out of the vehicle in an unconscious condition, placed into another vehicle and taken to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
His body is at Jerrick’s Funeral Home awaiting a post-mortem. Investigations are ongoing.
This is the second fatal accident that occurred in the Mahaica, ECD area in just a few months. In February a 21-year-old and his teen girlfriend died in a horrific four-vehicle collision along the Mahaica Public Road.
The fatal crash occurred following a high-speed chase involving the Police.
Christopher Bhagwandat of Mon Repos, ECD, and his 16-year-old girlfriend, Shereeda Persaud of Bath, West Coast Berbice (WCB), were in motor car PNN 8852 that Police were chasing after they reportedly fled from traffic ranks, who were stationed at Perseverance Public Road, Mahaicony, ECD.
It was reported that the motor car driven by Bhagwandat had stopped at a roadblock but when ranks asked to see the driver’s identification card, he pulled the vehicle into the corner but then drove away as the traffic officer approached.
As such, ranks from the Mahaicony Police Station were alerted and officers joined the Force-issued van and gave chase. The accident then occurred near the Mahaica Bridge claiming the lives of the two.