A nine-year-old child is among five people to lose their lives in car crashes over the weekend.

In the first incident, Victor Ryan of La Brea died on May 30 when the driver of the taxi he was in lost control along the southbound lane of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway in the vicinity of Charles Street around 11 pm, and crashed into the guardrail on the centre median. He died at the scene.

The nine-year-old was among four people who died instantly when the Hyundai Creta they were travelling in around 11.30 pm on May 31 flipped off the southbound lane of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway near Claxton Bay.