Uitvlugt man killed after UG student crashes car through fence
One man is dead while another is injured after a University of Guyana student lost control of the car he was driving at De Willem Public Road, West Coast Demerara (WCD), on Saturday evening
The car that was involved in the accident
The dead man has been identified as Kenneth Smith, 54, of Ocean View Uitvlugt, WCD, while the injured man is 43-year-old Rampaul Sursen, a carpenter of Tuschen New Scheme, EBE.
Dead: Kenneth Smith
Based on reports received, on the day in question at about 17:45h, motor pick-up bearing registration number GPP 8150 driven by 39-year-old Sahadeo Singh of Hydronie, East Bank Essequibo (EBE), was driving along the De Willem Public Road in a line of traffic when the driver alleged that he indicated that he was making a turn into Harry Kissoon Street.
In the process of doing so, the UG student who was driving PZZ 9052 lost control of his vehicle and collided with the motor pick-up before crashing into a fence and eventually colliding with the two men who were standing in the yard.
As a result of the collision, both men sustained injuries about their bodies. They were picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Leonora Cottage Hospital where both of them were attended to.
Smith, however, succumbed while receiving treatment and Sursen was referred to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was admitted with a fractured left ankle and other injuries about his body.
The UG student, Tyree Li-A-Ping of Public Road, Hague, WCD, was arrested. A breathalyser test was conducted on both drivers but there were no traces of alcohol in their systems.
The body of the dead man is at the Ezekiel Funeral Home awaiting post-mortem. Investigation ongoing.
