Geisha Kow­lessar

?The road fa­tal­i­ty fig­ure con­tin­ues to climb as two men lost their lives in sep­a­rate ac­ci­dents over the week­end. Sta­tis­tics from the Po­lice Traf­fic Branch record­ed 183 deaths for the year to date. For the same pe­ri­od last year, the fig­ure stood at 241. The vic­tims have been iden­ti­fied as 49-year-old Na­zoul Ali, of John Per­sad Trace, Freeport, and Paul Plaza, 42, of Hamil­ton Street, Old Bay Mara­cas.

Po­lice said around 6.45 on Sun­day af­ter­noon, a white Nis­san B15, dri­ven by Har­ry, was head­ing east along the Churchill-Roo­sevelt High­way when on near­ing De­mer­ara Heights he pro­ceed­ed to make a right turn. Si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly, Ali, who was rid­ing a mo­tor­cy­cle, was pro­ceed­ing in the op­po­site di­rec­tion and col­lid­ed with the rear of the car. Ali, who was flung from his cy­cle, was rushed to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope. How­ev­er, he died from his in­juries around 11.20 pm.

In the oth­er in­ci­dent, po­lice said around 8.30 am on Sun­day, a white three-tonne truck, dri­ven by Sher­win Mon­segue, of Nev­er Dirty, Mor­vant, was dri­ving along the East­ern Main Road, Gua­napo, when he no­ticed a gold Nis­san B15 "swerv­ing" along the road. Mon­segue told po­lice he pulled to the ex­treme left side of the road. But the car dri­ven by Plaza slammed head-on in­to the truck. He died on the spot. Po­lice sus­pect Plaza may have fall­en asleep at the wheel. (GK)