Wed, Jul 15, 2026
Wed, Jul 15, 2026
Ruimveldt Accident: Death toll now four after speeding driver, elderly man die
The death toll from the Monday, January 08 accident outside the Ruimveldt Police Station has climbed to four with the passing of two more persons.
On Sunday, the speeding driver who was identified as 29-year-old Pream Seecharran of Belle Vue, West Bank Demerara died, he was hospitalized in a critical condition for the last two weeks.
But also on Sunday, 58-year-old Lennox Clementson of Guyhoc Gardens, who was a passenger in the minibus that collided with the car also died.
On the day of the accident, 54-year-old Rawle McKenzie of Samatta Point, Grove, East Bank Demerara and his wife Sarah Wilson, 51, died immediately after the accident which occurred at about 05:30 hrs.
The other occupant of the minibus were 31-year-old Javon Bowen of Samatta Point, Grove; he is now the lone survivor.
Investigation revealed that motorcar PAD 2018 was proceeding South on the Ruimveldt Public Road, allegedly at a fast rate, and while in the vicinity of ‘Top Point Store’, the driver of the car was negotiating a slight bend and in the process of doing so, the left side front of the motorcar came into contact with a pile of sand situated on the eastern side of the road and then collided with the bridge.
This caused the motorcar to flip several times onto the western carriageway, subsequently colliding with the front portion of the minibus which was proceeding along the western carriageway of Ruimveldt Public Road.
As a result, the drivers of both vehicles and the minibus passengers all received injuries on their bodies.
Firefighters responded to the scene after both drivers were trapped inside their vehicles and had to be extracted. The Fire Service in a statement said both drivers also suffered broken limbs.
According to relatives of Clementson, he too was hospitalised in a critical condition and fractured neck, broken limbs and injuries to his spinal cord.
The News Room has since learnt from the family of Seecharran that he was allegedly being chased by the police