Speeding teen driver killed in Essequibo accident

Jun 26, 2023 News

Kaieteur News – A 19-year-old boy was on Sunday morning killed in an accident after he crashed into a utility pole on Bush Lot Public Road, Essequibo Coast, Region Two. Dead is Mario Adams, of Lot 45 Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast.

Dead, Mario Adams

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) reported that the accident occurred around 1:15 hours.

Adams was the driver of motorcar PAD 5291, while the other occupants of the car were 32-year-old Troy Ross of Lot 52 La Belle Alliance, 21-year-old Dean Cortman of Lima Sands, and another male who fled the scene.

It was reported that the teen was proceeding north along the western driving lane at a fast rate. While in the process of negotiating a right bend, the driver lost control of the motorcar and collided head on to a utility pole which is located on the western side of the road.

The wrecked motorcar

As a result of the collision, the motorcar went up in flames and was completely burnt. Public-spirited citizens assisted in removing the teen and the other occupants from the wrecked motorcar.

Adams and the other occupants were taken to the Suddie Public Hospital where they were seen and examined by a doctor. The teen was pronounced dead around 01:50 hours and his body was taken to the hospital’s morgue awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Moreover, Ross was examined by a doctor and admitted as a patient at the hospital, with lacerations about the body, while Cortman was admitted for trauma to the head and lacerations about the body.

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21-year-old Dean Cortman of Lima Sands, Adams and the other occupants, Bush Lot Public Road, Essequibo Coast, lliance, of Lot 45 Lima Sands, Region Two. Dead is Mario Adams

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