An Eccles man died early yesterday morning at Little Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD).

Dead is Clarence Perry, 40, of 241 BB Eccles, EBD.

Clarence Perry

According to reports, he was driving his car with his wife Abiola Perry beside him in the passenger seat when tragedy struck.

The police said that around 03:30 hrs, the man lost control of the vehicle and it turned turtle and ended up in a nearby ditch. The couple was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre by public-spirited citizens. Clarence was pronounced dead on arrival while his wife was treated for minor injuries and sent away.

When Stabroek News visited the man’s residence yesterday, his grief-stricken wife was being comforted by relatives. One of her sisters asked that the “family be left alone to mourn in peace.”

One woman who lives close to the accident scene related that she was awakened at 03:00 hrs by a loud crashing sound. The woman said when she peeped through her window, she realised that an accident had occurred. She added that what was left of the badly damaged car after the impact created by the accident was carried away from the scene by police, some three hours after.