Four people were killed and three others hospitalized Friday night after a motor car collided with a Guyana Defence Force truck on Long Creek Public Road, Linden Highway, police said.
The dead were identified as Egburt Blair, 55, of Lot 53, Half Mile, Wismar, Linden, who was driving the car; Tevin Thompson, 30, of Lot 352, One Mile, Wismar; Dannel Darrell, 28, of Lot 430, Block 22, Wismar; and Eon Jarvis, 40, of Wismar, Linden.
Police said their initial investigation found that lorry DFB 1788 was traveling south along the eastern driving lane of Long Creek Public Road when car PZZ 8392, which was traveling behind it at an alleged fast rate of speed, lost control and collided with the rear of the truck.
The four occupants were pronounced dead at Linden Hospital Complex.
Sharon Trim, Rawley Williams and Roydel Prince were hospitalized following the crash.
Firefighters and emergency responders were called to the scene to extricate occupants trapped inside the wrecked car.
Police said investigations into the crash are ongoing.