Berbice businessman crashes and dies while test driving pick-up

Berbice businessman crashes and dies while test driving pick-up

A businessman’s early morning test drive of a vehicle he was planning to purchase turned fatal this morning, when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a creek, receiving multiple injuries that eventually claimed his life.

Police identified the dead man as 31-year-old Sahid Hamid of Corentyne, Berbice.

The Police statement indicated that early this morning, Hamid picked up a 4×4 pick-up that he was planing to buy from another man, and took the vehicle for a test drive.

Eyewitnesses reported to the Police that the vehicle was being driven at a fast rate along the Jackson Creek Road in Berbice, when Hamid lost control and crashed into a nearby trench.

He was pulled from the vehicle and rushed to the Skeldon Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

The Police said the probe into the deadly crash is ongoing.

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