The two youths who died on Sunday after collisions along the public road at Le Destin, East Bank Essequibo, were both going for a ride with friends, their families say.
Shar Scott and Makel Jones, who were both riding motorcycles, died after collisions with a car.
The Regional Commander, Assistant Commissioner Simon McBean, previously told Stabroek News that the accident occurred when a car, PXX 9662, and a motorcycle collided around 4.30 pm. A second motorcycle later crashed into the car.
The police’s preliminary investigation found that the car was proceeding west on the southern side of the public road while the bikers were travelling in the opposite direction at an allegedly fast rate.
McBean said as the car was coming around a turn, one of the bikers was in the path of the car and the driver applied brakes but there was a collision. The rider fell onto his windscreen as a result of the impact and this caused the driver to lose control and he ended up on the northern side of the road. The second motorcycle seconds later crashed into the left side passenger door before landing on the ground.
George Scott, father of the deceased Shar Scott, told this newspaper that his son was going for a ride with friends when he was allegedly hit off his motorcycle and succumbed shortly after. He denied reports that his son was a part of a group of bikers who had been seen speeding along the road before the accident.
The grieving father also said the driver of the car has been relating conflicting stories to the police.
Scott was a graphic designer.
Osden Jones, an older brother of the deceased Makel Jones, of Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara, said his brother left home sometime in afternoon and joined his friends at a mechanic shop where he works.
Jones related that his brother and friends previously made plans to have a Father’s Day ride and they left around 2.30 pm for Parika.
The 19-year-old, who was the youngest of four siblings, was described as a willing and hard working person.
Meanwhile, two of the survivors of the fatal accident are now stable in hospital.
Tyrese Beckles, 20, of La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, and Jerold Rampersaud, of Goed Fortuin, also on the West Bank, are currently recovering from at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
“He is coming around,” Beckles’ mother, Shellon Wilson, told Stabroek News, after explaining that he went into surgery on Sunday night and came out on Monday.
Wilson said Beckles was the pillion rider accompanying Rampersaud, at the time of the accident, although the police had said they were the pillion riders on the motorcycles being ridden by Scott and Jones.
Wilson said her son informed her that the driver of the car drove into the lane of the motorcyclists and lost control of the vehicle. They were then hit and the car spun out of control.
Meanwhile, another motorcyclist, who was said to be battling for his life at the Georgetown Public Hospital after being picked up in an unconscious state following a collision with a car at Nabaclis on Sunday afternoon, has since been identified.
Region Four (c) Commander Royston Andries-Junor disclosed that the victim is still hospitalised but declined to reveal his identity. (Readawne Henery)
