Victims of Soesdyke/Linden Highway smash-up identified

The two victims who succumbed to their injuries following a two-vehicle smash-up along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Saturday evening have been identified.

They are Royston Stewart, 44, of Sandville and Faye Williams of Bus Shed Street, both areas of the Kuru Kururu community on the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway. Williams reportedly died on the spot, after suffering severe injuries to her face which left her unrecognisable; while Stewart suffered a broken hip and died while receiving medical attention at the Georgetown Public Hospital hours after he was transferred from the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
However, Alliyah Munroe and Randy Stoby, both also of Kuru Kururu, remain hospitalised.
Based on information received, an SUV registered PVV 535 was heading towards the Soesdyke/Linden Highway Junction while hire car HC 2554, being driven by Stewart, was travelling in the opposite direction. The SUV was reportedly in the process of overtaking another vehicle which was heading in the same direction when it came into the path of the taxi. The resultant head-on collision saw Stewart and his four passengers, as well as the driver of the other motorcar and a passenger, sustaining injuries; as did the driver of the SUV and a passenger therein.
They were all rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where they were examined and treated. Williams, however, was pronounced dead on arrival there, while Royston Stewart, Randy Stoby and Alliyha Munroe were transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where they were admitted.
Stoby suffered a fracture to his lower back, Munroe suffered injuries to her lungs, while Royston Stewart suffered a fractured right hip. Stewart died while receiving medical attention.
Guyana Times understands that the occupants of the SUV were returning from a creek, and the driver might have been under the influence.
The bodies of both victims are at the Lyken Funeral Home awaiting post mortem, while the driver of the SUV is reportedly in Police custody, rendering assistance as Police continue their investigations into the accident.