Essequibo man dies in Taymouth Manor collision

Ivan Belvin Benn

One man is dead and several others are in critical condition following two separate accidents on the Essequibo Coast on Saturday night.

According to information, at around 10:10pm on Saturday, a car – PNN 745 – driven by Rodwel Spellen, 34, of Lot 161 Richmond, Essequibo Coast collided with another car – PHH 4683 – driven by Ivan Belvin Benn, 21, of Lot 78 Queenstown, Essequibo Coast. Benn died as a result of the collision.

Two other persons, Kurt Walcott, 22, and Linden Marks, 24, also of Queenstown, were in the car with Benn at the time of the incident while Nandy Benons, 25, of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast and Anthony Haynes, 39, of 177 Grove Housing Scheme were in Spellen’s car.

According to information, Benn was proceeding north on the western side of the Taymouth Manor