Latest update February 10th, 2025 2:25 PM
Corentyne driver suffers broken leg after three-vehicle accident
An Alness, Corentyne man, Shaun Ahmad, 31, sustained a broken leg and other injuries after he swerved his vehicle into a trench in order to avoid a head-on collision with a Banks DIH beverage 
truck (GEE 5182) yesterday.
Additionally, the driver of a low-bed trailer (GHH 9110) also swerved into the yard of a resident to prevent further calamity. The incident occurred yesterday around 13:00 hrs on the Letter Kenny Public Road, Corentyne, about 16 miles east of New Amsterdam.
“The low- bed pulled down and gave him (the beverage truck driver) the road and he came into this boy’s (the Canter driver’s) lane”, said one resident. “The Canter driver gave him way too, but…”
The low- bed and beverage truck were heading to New Amsterdam while the canter was heading further up the Corentyne Coast.
Ahmad was rushed to the Port Mourant Hospital immediately after the accident. The beverage truck driver was arrested and taken to the Whim Police Station.
Reports are, too, that the beverage truck performed the overtaking procedure on a double- line, which is against road safety regulations. “He overtake from the double line from so and ended up here”, said one observer.
Residents in the area stated that had the low- bed not pulled into the neighbour’s fence, there could have been a major catastrophe.
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