Police are awaiting advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to determine whether charges should be laid in connection with the death of 24-year-old cyclist David Shepherd, who died after an accident along the Nonpareil public road almost two weeks ago.
Commander of Region 4 (C) and Assistant Commissioner of Police Royston Andries-Junor, in a telephone interview on Friday, confirmed to this newspaper that the investigation was completed and that the police were waiting on further advice from the DPP.
According to a Guyana Police Force brief, on July 2nd Shepherd was proceeding west while a minibus, with licence plate BXX 4563, was proceeding east along the same side of the public road.
Shepherd, 24, of Lot 260 Section ‘C’ Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, collided with the bus. He was later rushed to the Georgetown Pubic Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Andries-Junor explained that based on video footage obtained by the police, the cyclist seemed to play a part in his own demise but he noted that he is committed to waiting on the DPP’s advice to determine the next step for police. “The video so far suggests that the cyclist contributed to his own death by riding into the path of the minibus, but it is for the DPP to pronounce on that,” Andries-Junor said.
