Region 5 roadways deemed deadliest in past 2 weeks

Commander for Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice), Superintendent Kurleigh Simon is of the belief that his district can be categorised as the deadliest in terms of road accidents, where there has been a surge in these fatalities in the past two weeks.
The Commander made this comment during an interview on the programme, “Police and You,” where he highlighted some fatal accidents that had occurred in the region recently.
“Over the past two weeks, my region was the deadliest region in terms of road fatalities. Three of that four I would consider them freak accidents…in one instance, we had a young lady riding her motorcycle, attempted to U-turn and fell onto the roadway…”

“The other incident was at Drill Turn Mahaicony, two young men on a motorcycle, they lost control and rolled into the trench, no one hit them. The other one was in Branch Road Mahaicony, the young men in the car that drove off the road and into the canal,” he said.
Some of the recent fatalities in the region involved the death of 44-year-old Petal Payne and 23-year-old Kevin Peters, both of whom died after losing control of the bike they were riding.
Reports are that Peters was proceeding west along the southern drive lane at a fast rate. While negotiating a right turn, the motorcyclist lost control of the bike and ended up in a nearby trench.
As a result, the driver and pillion rider received injuries about their bodies.
They were assisted out of the trench by public-spirited citizens and taken to Mahaicony Public Hospital where they were admitted patients.
Whilst being treated, the driver succumbed and the pillion rider is being kept for observation.
Meanwhile, 44-year-old Payne died along the Airy Hall Public Road, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Payne was reportedly proceeding south along the eastern side of Airy Hall Public Road when she lost control of the bike whilst negotiating a sharp right turn.
As a result, she fell onto the roadway and received injuries to her head and about her body. She was later pronounced dead.
As such, the Commander noted that there are several initiatives in place to curb road accident and fatalities in the region.
“We have started earlier in this year to do traffic management. We know the rush hour periods in the morning… we put vehicles escorting the traffic out… in the afternoon we do it on the reverse … what we find that in the absence of that escort, persons speed,” the Commander said. (G9)