Car was speeding that killed four on Linden Highway

(Kaieteur News) – Police have reported that the car involved in Friday night’s fatal collision on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway was travelling at a fast rate of speed before crashing into the rear of a fuel truck owned by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

The collision, which occurred around 20:45 hrs in the vicinity of Long Creek, claimed the lives of four of the car’s seven occupants, while the three survivors remain in critical condition.

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The dead have been identified as Egburt Blair, 55, also known as “Glasses”, of Half Mile, Wismar, Linden; Tevin Thompson, 30, of One Mile, Wismar, Linden; Dannel Darrell, 28, of Block 22, Wismar, Linden; and Eon Jarvis, 40, of Wismar, Linden.