…3 injured
One person is now dead and three persons have been injured following a single-vehicle crash that occurred along the Berbice Bridge Access Road at Ordinance Fort Lands in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
The dead person has been identified as 19-year-old Annalisa Smith of Lot 248 Hope, East Coast Demerara. She reportedly was seated in the back passenger seat of motorcar PSS 6725 being driven by 21-year-old Clifton Smith, a provisionally licensed driver, when it crashed into a utility pole along the Access Road on Wednesday at about 12:20h. 
Three other occupants of the vehicle: 60-year-old Marlyn Jones and 49-year-old Odessa Smith, both of Lot 248 Hope, East Coast Demerara; and 43-year-old Simon Gomes of Lot 145 5th Street Alberttown, Georgetown, have been taken to hospital, while the driver has been taken into police custody.
Police say the vehicle was proceeding west along the southern drive lane allegedly at a fast rate when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it collided with a utility pole, causing Annalisa Smith, who was seated in the rear left side seat of the car, to sustain multiple injuries about her body.
She was taken out of vehicle in an unconscious condition by a member of the public, and was rushed by ambulance to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Her body is presently at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital Mortuary awaiting post mortem examination.
The other occupants of the vehicle are currently at the New Amsterdam Hospital receiving treatment.
A breathalyser test conducted on the driver Clifton Smith did not find any alcohol in his system, but he remains in police custody as investigations continue.
