In Guyana…….One more person has succumbed as a result of Saturday’s grisly Mahaica crash, taking the death toll to six and the police last night railed against recklessness on the roads revealing that the truck driver had 242 microgrammes of alcohol above the legal limit.
The latest person to pass away is 32-year-old Joshua Johnson of Number Four Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB).
His sister, Rhonda Mc Donald told this newspaper that her brother suffered severe head injuries. Despite the extent of his injuries, she said relatives were still clinging to hope that her brother would make it because he was fully conscious and was talking. She said he died around 4 am yesterday. The man who worked as a mason on the West Coast of Demerara, returned home most weekends.
The packed minibus, BKK 3274 which was travelling to Berbice smashed into the rear of a truck at Strangroen, Mahaica just before 7 pm on Saturday.
Those who died on Saturday evening were the driver Gary McAlmont of No. 28 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB); Mary Blair of Hope Village, WCB; Patrina Munroe of Plantation Ross, WCB; Troyland Douglas of Weldaad, WCB and Cynique Fraser of Lovely Lass, WCB.
In a statement last night, the Commissioner of Police expressed grave concern over the accident. The Police Force added “Indeed one would empathise with the family of the driver of the mini-bus at his demise, but all Guyanese must be gravely concerned at this wanton destruction of lives by another reckless driver and supported more or less by a drunken truck driver who when tested by breath analysis scored 242 microgrammes above the legal limit (alcohol).”
The Force called on Guyanese to urge drivers of public transportation who are reckless to slow down and stop in addition to reporting them to the authorities. The force said it will give support to all those who provide such information.
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