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Jun 14, 2015 News
A 26-year-old driver died at around 01.30 hrs yesterday after his vehicle overturned in a canal on the Diamond Housing Scheme access road.
Police said that Travis Thompson, of Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, was driving west at a fast rate when he lost control and veered off the roadway.
Passersby dived into the canal and pulled the motionless Thompson out of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
A Guyana Fire Service vehicle arrived at the scene and was used to haul the vehicle to land.
William Thompson, the victim’s father, estimated that his son left home at around 19.00 hrs on Friday. Mr. Thompson said that he received word about the accident shortly after 02.00 hrs. By the time he arrived at the scene, his son’s body had already been taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
He suggested that his son may have been heading out of Diamond Housing Scheme after dropping off a friend when the mishap occurred.
Police have recorded 45 road fatalities from 36 accidents as at the end of May 2015, in comparison to 44 fatalities from 41 accidents for the same period in 2014.
Sixteen of those killed were pedestrians, four were pedal cyclists, 13 were passengers, four motor cyclists and eight were drivers.
Sixteen of the 36 fatal accidents were as a result of speeding.
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