Taxi driver dies in early morning collision

Joel Baynes

A taxi driver was killed during the wee hours of yesterday morning in a collision at the intersection of Robb and Wellington streets.

Joel Baynes, 34, the son of popular East Coast Demerara pastor Franklin Baynes, was pronounced dead after being rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital by public-spirited persons.

No one else was injured in the collision, which involved Baynes’ vehicle, HB 9018 and another, PNN 1530.

A security guard who was on duty at a business place on Robb Street told Stabroek News that while