An accident on the Rupert Craig Highway this morning around 10 involving a Route 44 minibus and a Rav-4 has left a 20-year-old woman dead and two others injured.

Traffic Officer and Assistant Superintendent of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Morris Fraser told this newspaper that both vehicles were heading towards the  city on the southern carriageway when the collision occurred.

A source at the hospital says the 20-year-old woman was later pronounced dead.

One of the two injured persons is the driver of the private vehicle.

The driver of the minibus is said to be in police custody.