| – pedestrian injuredA day at the creek ended in tragedy yesterday following a two-vehicle collision which snuffed out the lives of five young men, including two brothers, all from the East Coast Demerara Village of Plaisance.Dead are: Jason and Julian Martin, 19 and 20, respectively, of 36 Victoria Road; Esra Ferguson, 16, of Lot 14 Public Road; Colin Ferguson,Wholesale Jerseys China, 19, and Royston Dempster, 27, of Lot 12 Graham Street.This newspaper has learnt the young men were at a Creek on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway and the driver of the car Jason Martin may have been imbibing.At about 21:00hrs while heading North along the East Bank Demerara Public Road in the vicinity of Land of Canaan the car that they were traveling in PLL 328 collided with a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).Hemnauth Agard, his reputed wife, Nazeema Ally, and her 10-year-old niece Priya Ally were walking South along the western half of the public road when they observed a car speeding coming towards them.According to Agard,Cheap Air Max, “All I see is a car coming around the turn and swaying… I snatch the two of them (Priya and Nazeema) but the car still slam them upside down.”The man told this newspaper that despite his attempt to save the two the car still collided with them, with Priya being flung several feet away.She sustained several broken bones and is currently a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital. Pandemonioum broke out at the hospital last evening as word of the accident quickly spread and family members rushed to learn the fate of their relatives.Attorney-at-law Gwendolyn Bristol could hardly contain herself as she learnt of the death of her two grandchildren (Julian and Jason Martin) noting that the two should have been at the Bristol Family reunion which was being hosted at the time.Nicola Ferguson, Ezra’s mother, said that she had not wanted her son to go on the trip.“Early in the week he had told me that he was gong to the creek and I told him not to go. She said that yesterday, her son continued to plead with her to allow him to go on the trip with his friends, and she eventually consented.Mrs. Ferguson recalled that she would always try to keep in contact with her son via his cell phone whenever he was out. This time, though, she was unable to reach him.“When 8:45 pm came and he had still not come home I called his number, but it kept ringing.” Eventually,Authentic Jerseys China, though, someone did answer.“I said: ‘Ezra?’ and he (the caller) said: ‘can you come to the Georgetown Hospital? Ezra get in an accident.’”“I asked if it was serious, and he said he can’t talk on the phone, and told me again to come to the hospital.”Mrs. Ferguson’s worst fears were confirmed when she visited the Accident and Emergency Ward and saw her son’s body.Ezra is survived by an elder brother, who resides overseas.And a few corners away at Graham Street,Blank Arsenal Jersey UK, the reputed wife of 27-year-old Royston Dempster,Jerseys Wholesale, Nicole Abrams, recalled that her spouse, who is self-employed, had left home at around 11:25 hrs yesterday, after informing her that he was “going up the highway.” Later in the evening, a cousin contacted her and informed her that one of the youths that her friend had travelled with had perished in a crash.She was later informed that all five friends,Carlton Fisk Jersey, including her husband, had perished.Colin Fredericks Snr. told Kaieteur News that he had spoken to his son at around 20:45 hrs and asked him to come home quickly, since he was anxious to talk to his son about his regular weekend excursions.Fifteen minutes later he received the tragic news. |
