Police are investigating a fatal incident which occurred on Saturday at about 01:55hrs on the Auchlyne Public Road, Corentyne, Berbice.
Dead is Ezekiel Kampadoo, a 24-year-old of Tain, Corentyne.
Kampadoo was driving hire car HD 2939, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) pole.
Enquires disclosed that the car was proceeding west along the road at a fast rate of speed when the driver failed to negotiate a right turn (bend) and lost control of the vehicle, which swerved onto the southern grass parapet and collided with the pole.
As a result of the collision, the said car flipped and ended up in a trench on the Southern side of the road.
An 18-year-old man, who was also in the vehicle, suffered abrasions about his body.
Kampadoo and the teen were both picked up in conscious condition by public-spirited citizens and taken to Port Mourant Public Hospital.
The driver was treated and transferred to New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he succumbed at about 03:30 hrs while receiving medical attention.
His body is presently lying at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital’s Mortuary awaiting Post Mortem Examination.
