A 39-year-old man from Bamboo Settlement Number 3, Valsayn, lost his life in a vehicular accident during the early hours on Tuesday.
Christen Lewis died following the two-vehicle smash-up around 2.45 am along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, near the Solo factory.
Lewis was a passenger in a truck driven by a man from Cashew Gardens, Carlsen Field, which had been proceeding east when a man from Curepe, who was also headed east, allegedly lost control and slammed into their vehicle.
The collision caused the truck Lewis was in to spin out of control and run off the road before it came to a stop after slamming into a metal barrier.
Lewis was taken to the nearby Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, where he succumbed to his injuries around 4.50 am.
Both drivers were also treated at the hospital and later discharged. —Anna-Lisa Paul
