Driver, passengers killed as car slams into parked lorry

Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on Thursday January 22, 2026 about 21:30hrs on the newly asphalted Linden–Mabura Trail.

The accident claimed the lives of driver of a hire car HD6751, 32-year-old Marcus Berley of One Mile, Wismar and passengers 52-year-old Andrew Irvin, also of One Mile, Wismar and 81-year-old Maureen Patricia Woodley, a Jamaican-born naturalised USA citizen.

Police said preliminary investigations revealed that the hire car was proceeding west along the southern side of the roadway allegedly at a fast rate of speed when it collided with the right rear of motor lorry GJJ 4000 with trailer TSS 4613, which was parked along the southern side of the road facing west.

As a result of the collision, the driver and two occupants of the hire car sustained injuries and were taken to the Linden Hospital Complex in an unconscious state where they were seen, examined and pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.

The driver of the motor lorry, a 36-year-old male of Craig, East Bank Demerara is presently in police custody assisting with the investigation.

Investigations are ongoing.