Linden teen dies after drunken driver crashes car

A teenager has died along the Coomacka Mines access road in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice) in the wee hours of Saturday after the allegedly speeding car in which she was travelling turned turtle.
Based on reports received, the accident occurred at about 2:30h on Saturday as 19-year-old Tiffany Forde and 22-year-old Joel Rawlins, both of Coomacka Mines, were travelling in motor car PXX 7789, being driven by a 28-year-old male, also of Coomacka Mines.

The car that was involved in the accident on the Coomacka Mines access road

The Police have said that the car was proceeding north along the eastern side of the Coomacka Mines access road at a fast rate of speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it flipped several times before coming to a halt. As a result, Forde, who was seated in the left front seat, sustained injuries and was picked up by an ambulance in an unconscious state and rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.

Dead: Tiffany Forde

Her body is presently at the Linden Hospital mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Rawlins and the driver also sustained injuries, but were treated at that hospital before being handed over to the Police, who are continuing their investigations. A breathalyzer test conducted on the driver proved that he was above the legal limit of alcohol consumption. His readings were .29 and .31.