Dozens of Friendship, East Bank Demerara residents yesterday launched a petition for safer travel on their roads and an increased police presence in wake the deadly collision that resulted in five deaths last Tuesday.
The residents also held a vigil for the victims of the accident.
Organiser Denise Murray said that although the community is no stranger to road accidents, what occurred last Tuesday was by far the most “horrendous” one to ever occur there.
The crash occurred around 5:36 am on Tuesday when a speeding police car collided head-on with a car being driven by Leon Tucker. The collision resulted in the deaths of Ronnel Barker, 24, a Presidential Guard who was driving the police car; Tucker, 34, of 2544 Recht-Door-Zee, West Bank Demerara, a father of two and a member of the Guyana Defence Force; Tucker’s aunt, Lovern Stoby, 66, of Third Street, Friendship, who was a traffic officer at the John Fernandes Wharf; Denise King Josiah, 57, a cleaner, and her husband Hubert Josiah, 58, a porter, both of 105 Second Street, Friendship, who were employees of the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
