A man and his wife, married for 38 years, died after their motorcycle collided with a pick-up that was reportedly racing on the Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara highway last evening.
Albert Pearson
Albert Pearson, 59 and his wife, Marlyn Alecia Pearson, 62, both of Land of Canaan, EBD were heading home after attending a christening at Grove, EBD, when the incident occurred sometime after 7 pm. The couple died on the spot. Last night’s accident was the latest in a series yesterday including one in which two children were killed on the East Bank Essequibo and another in which two police ranks were injured on Avenue of the Republic.
The incident occurred close to the bridge that separates Garden of Eden from Friendship. A resident told Stabroek News that she heard what sounded like a loud impact and when she ran to see what had happened, she saw the pick-up in the trench, while the motorcycle was on the road. The Pearsons were nowhere around and minutes later, Marlyn was spotted floating in another trench while some bubbles rose from where her husband went down on the opposite side. Residents dived to recover the bodies, which were battered and were still lying at the side of the trench when Stabroek News arrived on the scene.
Marlyn Alecia Pearson
Pieces of the mangled motorcycle littered the roadway with skid marks showing how far it had pitched. According to the resident, she saw the driver of the pick-up coming out of his badly damaged vehicle. She and other residents said that the man and another vehicle were racing and were reportedly returning to the city from the creek. The driver was taken into police custody. The vehicle reportedly belongs to a major shipping company. Both the Pearsons were wearing helmets and Albert was said to have been wearing a fluorescent hazard vest at the time of the accident. Groups of residents converged on the scene and motorists slowed to find out what had happened.
Deputy Mayor, Robert Williams, the brother of Marlyn, told Stabroek News last night that his sister worked at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport as a welfare officer, responsible for youths including those at the New Opportunity Corps. The grieving man related that his sister had been with the Guyana National Service since its inception. Albert, he said, was a supervisor at the Barama Company, and he had joined the company, since it started operations here. The couple have three children, two of whom work in the Guyana Police Force and Guyana Fire Service.
What was left of the bike and the pick-up in the trench
Williams said that his brother-in-law had purchased the motorcycle two years ago but had owned another prior to that. They were a loving family, he said. “She always look out for the three of us”, said Williams referring to his sibling. He stated that his sister always looked out for bits of information relating to the family such as death announcements and would communicate this to them. Marlyn was also a domino 
player and was attached to the Blue Birds Domino team.
please ban these ????????????????????? for life from ever having a driver’s license again.
this is the only message they will understand.
Freespeech,
How do you ban them from buying a license?
Sincerest condolences to the Pearson and Williams families. This news is especially shocking since I know them both. Mrs Pearson was a friend and colleague during when we worked together in the Guyana National Service. I worked with Mr. Pearson at Barama. They were both very dilligent and hard working people, very loyal to family and friends.
Brother Robert Williams my thoughts and prayers with you and your entire family. May you be comforted by cherished memories.
THE DRIVER SHOULD BE CHARGE FOR DOUBLE VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER PLUS COMPENSATION FOR ANY MINOR FROM THE COUPLE UNION HE IS TOO RECKLESS.
Here we go again .
Really i don’t know what to say,I know Ms.pearson from KKTC,for the ten months i’ve spent away from home she’s been like a mother to all of us (class of 2002-2003)
Sincere condolence to the greiving family of the pearsons. Both persons were important in their firm and will be missed by the gov’t and the Barama Company Limited.
MORE LIVES LOST TO THE RECKLESSNESS OF THESE MOTORIST!!!
My sympathy to the Family ,to the drivers who are racing on the streets of Guyana needs their vehicles taken away and sold to the highest bidder at the auction.
SENSELESS;CAN THIS DRIVER OR HIS FAMILY REPLACE WHAT HE HAS JUST DONE .WHY?WHY? WHEN WILL IT STOP.
My sincere sympathy go out to the family anf friends, may their souls rest in peace. Please your Honour give that driver life in prison if guilty. They need to put a serious law in place as from here on regarding the speed limit and those drivers that love to race and drive while drunk, they need to put unmark cars around the country with those radars so that they can catch them and make sure that they pay a big fine for the first offence, the second offence license suspended for 5 years, I bet that will help control the accidents on the roads in Guyana. And also put cameras in the foolice cars that can take pictures of the foolice officers who are giving out those tickets so that you can see if they are taking bribes, install the camera unknown to them and that will help clamp down on all those bribes that are being taken.
Mr. Wiliams my sincere condolence to you and your family.
This driver should receive 25 yrs to life and must be PROHIBITED from ever operating a motor vehicle if found guilty.
All that being said, I would like to extended my condolences to the families of the late Mr and Mrs Pearson’s, my their souls R.I.P.