Five die in Corentyne accident.

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October 15,2017

Five persons, including a child, were killed today in a head-on collision between a car and a paddy truck along the Number 59 Village public road, Corentyne, Berbice. The accident reportedly occurred at 1.45 pm today.

The driver of the car who died has been identified as Dhanpaul Kishandayal, 37, of Lot 2 `D’ First Street, Bel Air, Georgetown. The other victims have been identified as Sabita Manglani, Proprietress/Manager at Sabita Immigration Services at Maraj Building on Charlotte Street, her sons Emmanuel Manglani, 18, and Ethan Ramjeet, 5, and Reshma Seeram.

Information reaching Stabroek News said that the motor car, PPP 3394 was travelling east when it swerved from a pothole and collided with the paddy truck GZ 2763 which was travelling in the opposite direction.

As a result of the impact, two passengers were flung out of the car while three others were pinned in the vehicle.

The accident scene after the crash.

This is sad lives have to be lost in such occurrence.

Prayers go out to the families of these folks.

Django posted:

This is sad lives have to be lost in such occurrence.

I respectfully disagree that lives don't have to be lost in these occurrences, if the rules of the road is followed by drivers who are responsible for the safety of passengers. I can provide endless vehicular accidents that claimed lives due to negligence of drivers. The Corentyne road is only two lanes with increase traffic. Government will have use alternative ways to extend any additional roadway through the Corentyne. Guyana is not prepared for the future of vehicular safety and roadways since 1960. 

We are dealing with foreseeable deaths due to human negligence and government inability to solve them.