Collision at Chateau Margot leaves two dead

Oct 10, 2020 News

Kaieteur News – Two East Coast Demerara (ECD) men are now dead following a collision on the Chateau Margot Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The accident occurred at around 06:45hrs yesterday.

Brower’s motorcycle.

The heavily damaged vehicle that was driven by Persaud.

A police report stated that the dead men are 52-year-old Lionel Brower of Bachelors Adventure, ECD, who was said to be a security guard attached to the Demerara Bank’s East Coast branch, and 24-year-old Kevin Persaud, a mechanic who resided at Goedverwagting, ECD.
The report further stated that Brower was riding motorcycle CJ 7916, while Persaud was driving motorcar PEE 3030. According to the police report, “the motorcycle was proceeding east on the southern side of the road with the car proceeding in the said direction at a very fast rate and without explanation collided into the rear of the motorcycle.”
Following the collision, Persaud lost control of his car and ended up in a canal situated on the northern side of the road while the motorcycle was flung to the southern side of the thoroughfare. Brower landed some 100 feet east of the southern side of the road.
The men received serious injuries to their bodies and were both picked up in an unconscious state and transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) where they both underwent examinations and were pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.
The bodies of the deceased which are awaiting post mortems are currently being kept in the GPHC mortuary.

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