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D’urban Street fatal crash…Victim ID’d as cricket coach Daniel Richmond
The man who perished in last Sunday’s crash involving a minibus and a Toyota Tacoma at the junction of D’Urban and Smyth Streets was identified yesterday.
Daniel Richmond
He is cricket coach, umpire and Guyana Cricket Board scorer, Daniel Richmond, of Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara.
Richmond, who was in his sixties, had also once played cricket for the Guyana Police Force.
Richmond was killed on Sunday when a speeding Toyota Tacoma slammed into the bus in which he was travelling at the intersection of D’Urban and Smyth Street, Georgetown.
Fifteen other passengers, including the driver, Osafo Edghill, 42, were admitted to the GPHC. Edghill was admitted in an unconscious state.
Those injured were identified as Brian James, 40; Kim Douglas, 49; Aviel Eversley, 35; Jelany Williams, 17; Ronaldo Bancroft, 15; Deon Goodridge, 27; Morris DeSouza, 16; Michael Bumburry, 47; De Andre Smith, 17; Othien Otto, seven; Lynette Crawford, 42; Godfrey Daniels,35, and Jesemy (only name given).
The driver of the Toyota Tacoma GRR 8350, fled the scene. Police said that a man who was treated at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre has claimed to be the driver. He was later admitted ‘under police watch’ to a private hospital.
Police had said they were still trying to ascertain whether he was the driver, following initial reports that a woman was at the wheel at the time of the crash.
According to reports, the silver-coloured minibus bearing number plate BVV 5273 had just picked up passengers from the ‘South Park” and was proceeding east along D’Urban Street, when the driver of the bronze-coloured Toyota Tacoma, which was heading south along Smyth Street, failed to stop at the intersection.
The Toyota Tacoma slammed into the side of the minibus which toppled several times and crashed into a utility pole before coming to a halt.
An eyewitness said that he was walking west along D’Urban Street, when he saw the Toyota Tacoma “jump” across Smyth Street and slam into the minibus which he said was also travelling at a fast rate.
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