Four persons died following the horrific smash-up at Craig, East Bank Demerara on Monday night.
Three of the four who died are from Charity in Region Two and had visited the city to see cricket.
Those who died are Eric Christopher Thomas, 60; his wife Annette Williams, a 56 year-old vendor of Charity Market; and their daughter Lynette Chappelle, 26; and Ivette Domingo, the wife of the driver of the car. Two children, age 7 and 13, suffered injuries.
According to the police, the fatal accident occurred at about 9 pm on Monday and involved motor lorry #GYY 9560, owned by Dexter Bess of Nelson Street, Mocha, East Bank Demerara, and driven at the time by Tyrese Bess, a 21-year-old of the same address, and motor car, PPP 3034, owned and driven by Stanley La Cruz, a 57-year-old resident of Mon Repos Pasture, East Coast Demerara. The police enquiries disclosed that PPP 3034 was proceeding south on the eastern carriageway of the East Bank highway.
