Bush Lot duo killed as test drive ends in head-on crash

Nehru Bankay

A test drive ended tragically yesterday afternoon when the car was involved in a head-on collision with another motor vehicle on the Experiment, West Coast Berbice (WCB) public road.

The collision, which resulted in one of the cars bursting into flames and the other partially wrecked, claimed the lives of Nehru Bankay, 24, a tattoo artist and Shiv Hanoman-Persaud, 48, a mechanic both of Bush Lot Village, WCB.

The horrific accident occurred shortly after 1.35 pm and has also left five persons hospitalized. The injured persons are Nigel Trotz, 34, of 126 Main Street, Cumberland, East Canje, who was driving one of the cars; Fiona Rossoul, 32, of Canefield, East Canje; Phyllis Corlette, 41, of King Street, Cumberland, East Canje; Carmen Marks of New Amsterdam and