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Cuban national killed in Demerara River Bridge 3-vehicle smash-up
(Kaieteur News) – An elderly Cuban national identified as 65-year-old Gerardo Machado Valdivia, lost his life in an accident on the new Demerara River Bridge on Wednesday.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident which occurred about 06:42hrs. The “motor car #PAG 6631, driven by a 22-year-old male of Hague Front, West Coast Demerara; motor car #PAM 2461, driven by a 28-year-old female of Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara and motor hire car #HC 723, driven by a 54-year-old male of Onderneeming, West Bank Demerara,” police said in a statement.
A screen grab of the accident.
It was revealed during initial enquiries that that motor car #PAG 6631 was headed west along the southern lane of the southern carriageway when the pedestrian reportedly made attempts to cross the road from south to north. It was also reported that the driver reportedly applied brakes, swerving to avoid a collision but despite his efforts the right side of the front of the car still collided with Valdivia.
“As a result of the collision, Valdivia was flung onto the northern carriageway, where he sustained injuries to his head and about his body. The driver of motor car #PAG 6631 then lost control of the vehicle, which collided with the concrete median, spun and ended up on the northern carriageway, where it collided with motor car #PAM 2461 and motor hire car #HC 723, which were proceeding east along the said road,” police said.
Emergency Medical Technicians were summoned to the scene, where Valdivia was pronounced dead. His body was escorted to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home Mortuary, where it awaits a post-mortem examination.
Both drivers underwent breathalyzer tests, and no trace of alcohol was found in their breath, they are both in police custody assisting with the investigations.
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