A 29-year-old Canal Number One resident was killed shortly after 20:00 hrs yesterday after the car that he was driving slammed into a utility pole at Houston, East Bank Demerara.
Dead is Reuel Roberts of Lot 6 ‘B’ La Heureuse, Adventure, West Bank Demerara.
An aunt of the victim said that she was told that the self-employed man, who had just left home, was heading towards the city in his car when he lost control and slammed into a utility pole. She said she was also told that the vehicle then struck a minibus.
The woman was unable to say whether he died at the scene or at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
She said that Reuel would have celebrated his birthday on Friday.