Former Vice Chairman for Region Ten, Byron Lewis died on Wednesday night following a crash on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara.
The accident which claimed the life of the 78-year-old Lewis of Kwakwani Village, Region Ten occurred when a speeding motorcar overtook another vehicle and crashed into Byron’s motorcar. The police have said that the driver is in custody assisting with the investigation.
According to a police report, a 48-year-old mechanic of Kwakwani Village, Ronis Lewis, owner and driver of motor car, PKK 3124, told investigators that about 20:00 hours, he was towing motor car PPP 5769 with Byron Lewis behind the wheel, while proceeding east along the Bee Hive Public Road, when he observed the motor car with licence number PJJ 8978 proceeding west at a fast rate, driven by its owner, Beesham Persaud, a 33-year-old carpenter of Hope Lowlands, East Coast Demerara.
The report further stated that Ronis Lewis claimed that Persaud’s vehicle overtook another vehicle that was also proceeding west and ended up in his path. Ronis Lewis, however, tried to avoid a collision but Persaud’s vehicle collided with the front portion of Byron’s motor car.
Subsequently, both drivers (Persaud and Byron Lewis) sustained injuries and were taken to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital by public-spirited citizens. Byron was pronounced dead and Persaud was treated for minor injuries about his body.
The police said that both Persaud’s and Byron Lewis’s vehicles were lodged at the Cove and John Police Station Compound, and will be examined by a Licensing and Certifying Officer.
Persaud is presently in custody assisting with the ongoing investigation.
Meanwhile, Regional Democratic Council Chairman of Region Ten, Deron Adams, told Stabroek News that Byron served as a councillor on the 6th Council from 2006-2011. He was a former RDC Region Ten Vice Chairman from 2011-2012 representing Kwakwani.
