So far for this year, Guyana has recorded 84 deaths from 77 road accidents up from 64 deaths during the same period last year, vice-chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) Dennis Pompey says.
At a press briefing on Friday, Pompey said that road accidents are already alarmingly high and are happening throughout the country and not just Georgetown. He said that for this period last year Guyana had recorded 64 deaths from road accidents but for this year, this has jumped to 84 deaths from 77 accidents. The majority of these deaths and accidents occurred in Georgetown with the city accounting for 33 deaths from 30 accidents, the official said.
“Our concern is that we want to appeal to the members of the public that all of us have to play a part in reducing accidents. I’d like to call on all road users to
