Woman, husband die in crash near Ruimveldt Police Station
The police say that they are probing an accident involving a motorcar and a minibus close to the Ruimveldt Police Station yesterday morning which claimed the lives of a minibus driver and his wife.
Confirmed dead are Sarah Wilson, 51, and her husband, Rawle McKenzie. Several others are hospitalised.
Wilson, at the time of the accident, was a passenger in the front seat of the minibus involved in the crash. McKenzie was the driver.
The police say that motorcar, PAD 2018, was at the time being driven by 29-year-old Pream Seecharran of Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara, while the minibus BHH 8451 was being driven by 54-year-old McKenzie of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara, along with occupants Wilson of Samatta Point, Grove; 31-year-old Javon Bowen of Samatta Point; 58-year-old Lennox Clementson of Guyhoc Gardens; and 56-year-old Jones McKenzie of Grove Housing Scheme.
Preliminary investigations revealed that motorcar PAD 2018 was proceeding south on the eastern lane of the Ruimveldt Public Road, allegedly at a fast rate and while in the vicinity of ‘Top Point Store’, the driver of the car was negotiating a slight bend and in the process of doing so, the left side front of the motorcar came into contact with a pile of sand situated on the eastern side of the road, then collided with the bridge.
This caused the motorcar to flip several times onto the western carriageway, subsequently colliding with the front portion of the minibus which was proceeding north along the western carriageway of