(Kaieteur News) – The West Bank Berbice community of Rosignol is mourning the tragic loss of two close friends who died in an early morning accident at Eversham Village, Corentyne, on Monday.

Admeer Pooran, 19, of McKenzie Street, Rosignol, and his friend Daniel Vanek Singh, 26, of Murphy Dam, Rosignol, died after the vehicle in which they were travelling crashed into a koker at Eversham.

Kaieteur News understands that the two men were travelling in a rented vehicle, which had two other occupants at the time. According to police in Region Six, the accident occurred at approximately 03:30.