Man dies in Cotton Tree smash-up, six hurt

In this composite photo are the two cars that were involved in Sunday night’s collision at top is PFF 9723 belonging to Raymond Madray and at bottom is PHH 8004 belonging to Geeta Persaud.

A two-car smash-up on the Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice on Sunday night has left one man dead and six others injured.

Dead is Raymond Madray, 23, of Bennett Dam, East Bank Berbice. Injured are Madray’s brother, 27-year-old Permaul Madray; their friend Satyanand ‘Kevin’ Persaud, 24, of Essequibo; his girlfriend 18-year old Rashana Jarawala of Berbice; Babita and her husband Kevin Williamson of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice and Geeta Persaud, 35, of Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara.

According to the police, the younger