Owner of De Sinco, Frank De Abreu is in a critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) and four firemen sustained injuries following a collision between De Abreu’s car and a fire truck yesterday at the corner of Lamaha and Irving streets.

Up to press time, De Abreu was being treated by doctors for head injuries. Also injured in the collision were firemen Marlon Wilson, 42, who sustained injuries to the head, neck and face, Jamal Alleyne, 23, who suffered wounds to his right hand and ear, Hurdley Holder who was hurt to his head, left hand and eye and Kwesi Pearson. Wilson’s injuries were the worst of the quartet and he was receiving treatment up to late yesterday.

The fire truck was heading to a bush fire at Coldingen on the East Coast Demerara when the accident occurred at around 10:20am. According to reports, De Abreu’s car, PHH 9488, did notheed the siren of the truck and did not pull over to the side of the road resulting in his car being hit. The firemen lost control of the truck and it ended up in the section of the canal between Vlissengen Road and Irving Street.

AFC LEADER KHEMRAJ RAMJATTAN WAS AMONG A GROUP OF RELATIVES, CLOSE FRIENDS WAS MORE CONCERNED WITH TRYING TO LAY BLAME AT THE FEET OF THE FIREMEN. DE ABREU IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF RAMJATTAN AND AN AFC FINANCIER:

“This is so unfortunate and from what I am hearing is that this fire engine was going at a tremendous rate. And they too must understand that they must not drive fast notwithstanding that their sirens are on…we can understand they were heading to a fire but still they have to be cautious and it was at a tremendous speed they were driving at. In any event our prayers and thoughts are with the families right now and we hope that he is going to pull through we understand that the best team of doctors are there,”