EBD fatal accident: Vehicle that caused accident swerved from hitting reversing truck – Police

A five-year-old child is now an orphan after her father and pregnant mother lost their lives during a two-vehicle collision at Caledonia, East Bank Demerara (EBD), on Thursday.

Police said the couple died after a motor lorry swerved from a reversing motor lorry and hit the car in which the couple was travelling.
The dead couple are 31-year-old Olisa Sanderson-Valcin and Nicholas Valcin, 42, of Wismar, Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
A 20-year-old male who was identified as Shaquel Williams of Blue Berry Hill Squatting Area, Linden, remains hospitalised.
Police stated that the accident involved motor lorry bearing registration number GWW 4922 that was driven by a 50-year-old resident of Soesdyke, EBD, and motor car PXX 8815 that was driven by the now dead man.
It was reported that motor lorry GWW 4922 was proceeding north along the western side of Caledonia Public Road, EBD, whilst motor car PXX 8815 was proceeding south along the eastern side of the said road.
Police said as both vehicles were approaching a landfill site, situated on the western side of the road, an unknown motor lorry which was transporting sand was reversing into the site, thus causing the driver of the motor lorry to swerve to avoid a collision with the reversing truck.
In so doing, he ended up in the path of the motor car, resulting in a head-on collision.
As a result, Nicholas and his wife Onica, who was in the left front seat, and Williams, who was sitting on the rear seat, received injuries to their head and about their bodies.
They were all taken out of the car in an unconscious condition by the Police and public-spirited citizens and escorted to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
On arrival at the medical facility, the couple was examined by a doctor who pronounced them dead while receiving treatment.
Meanwhile, Williams was transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and was admitted a patient suffering from body trauma. A breathalyser test conducted on the driver of the motor lorry proved that he had no alcohol in his system.
The driver is in custody as further investigations are in progress.