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Racing vehicles leave one dead in West Dem. collision
A head-on collision between a car and a pick-up truck Wednesday night at Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD), left one person dead and two others nursing injuries at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
The accident reportedly occurred just after 20:30 hrs. It involved a Toyota Tacoma truck and a Toyota Avensis.
The dead man has been identified as 23-year-old Mahindra Sugrim of Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara (WBD). Sugrim was the driver of the Avensis.
According to information received, two vehicles were allegedly heading in the direction of Vreed-en-Hoop at a fast rate when one of the drivers lost control of his vehicle, and slammed into a car before crashing head-on with Sugrim’s car, sending it into a nearby trench.
Eyewitnesses confirmed that the driver of the Toyota pick-up truck and another vehicle were racing.
Kaieteur News was told that the 23-year-old remained pinned inside his vehicle for several minutes. He was rescued by residents nearby and was rushed to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
It is unclear which vehicle the two other persons were in, but they remained hospitalized at the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
At the time of the accident, Sugrim was reportedly heading to La Grange, West Bank Demerara, while the other vehicle that slammed into him was heading in the opposite direction.
Investigations are ongoing.
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