Guyana law enforcement have confirmed that the driver involved in a fatal weekend collision that claimed the life of a local motorcyclist was operating his vehicle under the influence of alcohol, exceeding the country’s legal blood alcohol breath limit at the time of the crash. The fatal incident unfolded on the afternoon of June 27, 2026, along Reliance Public Road on the Essequibo Coast, leaving a 45-year-old construction worker dead just minutes after the collision.
According to official statements released by the Guyana Police Force this Monday, June 29, the driver of the sedan involved in the crash, registered under plate number PAM 8929 and a resident of Coffee Grove, Essequibo Coast, registered a breath alcohol content of 48 micrograms during a mandatory breathalyzer test administered following the collision. Guyana’s legal limit for breath alcohol content is set at 35 micrograms, meaning the driver was more than a third over the permitted threshold. He has since been taken into police custody as investigations continue, and authorities have not yet released his identity to the public.
The victim has been formally identified as Satesh Persaud, a 45-year-old construction worker based in the local Reliance Housing Scheme. Persaud was operating his motorcycle, registered under plate CM 2631, when the collision occurred. Police accounts of the incident outline that Persaud was traveling east, exiting an access road on the western side of the main public road, when he pulled onto the highway to cross to a connecting access road on the eastern side. As he entered the main roadway, he moved directly into the path of the oncoming sedan, which was traveling south along the road at the time of the incident.
The high-impact collision threw Persaud from his motorcycle onto the pavement, where he sustained severe traumatic head injuries. Good Samaritans who witnessed the crash immediately pulled the unconscious motorcyclist from the roadway and rushed him to the nearby Lima Regional Hospital. Unfortunately, medical staff at the facility pronounced Persaud dead on arrival, shortly after he was admitted.
Following the crash, Persaud’s remains were transferred to the mortuary at Suddie Public Hospital, where a post-mortem examination is scheduled to be carried out to confirm the official cause of death. Police investigations into the full circumstances of the collision remain ongoing as of Monday afternoon.