The car involved in Friday night’s deadly collision with a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) lorry at Long Creek was allegedly speeding before its driver lost control and struck the truck from behind, according to preliminary police investigations.
Four men died, and three other occupants of the car were injured in the crash, which occurred around 8:45 p.m. along the Linden-Soesdyke Highway.
Those killed were the driver, Egburt Blair, 55, of Half Mile, Wismar; Tevin Thompson, 30, of One Mile, Wismar; Dannel Darrell, 28, of Block 22, Wismar; and Eon Jarvis, 40, of Wismar, Linden.
According to the Guyana Police Force (GPF), both vehicles were travelling south, with the car, PZZ 8392, behind the GDF lorry, DFB 1788.
Police said the car was reportedly travelling at a fast rate of speed when Blair lost control and collided with the rear of the lorry. Investigators have not disclosed an estimated speed.
All seven people in the car sustained injuries and were taken to the Linden Hospital Complex. Blair, Thompson, Darrell and Jarvis were pronounced dead on arrival.
The surviving passengers, a 43-year-old woman of Rainbow City, Mackenzie; a 45-year-old man of Block 22, Wismar; and a 40-year-old man of Green Valley, Wismar, were admitted to the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit for treatment. Police did not disclose their conditions.
The GDF lorry was being driven by a 40-year-old resident of Paradise Village, West Coast Berbice. Investigations into the circumstances of the collision are continuing.
