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Third victim in fiery Essequibo accident dies
Kaieteur News- A third victim in Friday night’s fiery crash along the Essequibo Coast, Region Two has succumbed to his injuries.
Kaieteur News had initially reported that the accident took place at Dartmouth Essequibo. However, police in a statement on Saturday said that the tragedy ocurred at Perth.
The deadly crash involved two motorcycles and a car, police said. The dead victims have been identified as motorcyclist, Leon Marks, 62, of Lot 214 Hoppie Street Dartmouth his pillion rider, Reion Alphonso a 28-year-old from Lot 660 Charity Extension Scheme, Essequibo Coast and 18-year-old Davenand Bernard, another motorcyclist of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast.
Marks and Bernard died on the spot while Alphonso died while receiving treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Suddie Public Hospital.
The driver of the car, a 69-year-old farmer, is in police custody assisting with investigations.
The farmer reportedly told police that he was driving north when a motorcycle with bright lights travelling in the opposite direction affected his visibility of the road.
He alleged that due to the impact on his vision he slowed down his car but another motorcycle traveling behind his car overtook him but collided head on with the bright light motorcycle.
“A loud impact and an explosion occurred with both motorcycles, which were then engulfed in flames,” police said.
The pillion rider was flung onto the windshield of the car before landing on the road while the two motorcyclists fell on the road.
Bernard, one of the motorcyclists, fell near his bike and was severely burnt on the upper part of his body.
“Leon Marks, the other motorcyclist, was picked up in an unconscious state and conveyed to the Oscar Joseph Hospital at Charity where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Reion Alphonso was taken to the Oscar Joseph Hospital too and was admitted but due to the severity of his injuries he was transferred to the Suddie Public Hospital’s ICU where he later died.
(Third victim in fiery Essequibo accident dies)
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