A teenaged girl and her friend died in a three-vehicle smash-up on the Coverden, East Bank Demerara (EBD) public road after a SUV slammed into the motorcycle the duo was on early yesterday morning. The SUV also crashed into another car, injuring the driver.
Dead are Rudolph Bess, 23, of 220 Kaneville Gardens and Hansranie Persaud, 16, of 417 Golden Grove, EBD. Persaud had snuck out of her home to go to a party and she and Bess were returning home at about 3:50am when the smash-up occurred.
There were reports that bottles of alcoholic beverages were recovered from the SUV and the alleged driver Jason Baskarran, 23, of Timehri Public Road, EBD has been hospitalised. Also admitted to the
