Four die in West Berbice accidents

Three persons died after a car crashed into a utility pole at No 6 Village, West Coast Berbice around 9:30 pm yesterday.

Dead are driver of the Honda Civic car, Pash Jienarine, 35, of Bath Housing Scheme and a passenger, Rakesh Sukdeo, 33, known as ‘Cerex’ of Bush Lot along with Chaitnarine Mangru, 27, ‘Suren’, who came into contact with a live wire.

Reports are that Jienarine and Sukdeo were returning from Rosignol when Jienarine apparently missed the turn and ran off the road.

20141224AccidentSurren, also of Bush Lot who was travelling behind stopped to render assistance when he met his demise.

Four die in West Berbice accidents

And in a separate accident, Yonette Branch, 16, of Rosignol lost her life when a car driven by her father, Alfred Branch crashed into a parked canter at No 29 Village, WCB.

The accident occurred around 7:30 pm and Yonette who was sitting in the back seat on the left, sustained severe injuries.

The victims of both accidents were rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.