A twenty-two-year-old pillion rider died yesterday following a collision on Saturday night between the motorcycle she was on and a car at the intersection of Brickdam and Brummel Place.
The deceased has been identified as Kizzre Cave of Cane Street, Meadow Bank, Georgetown.
Police yesterday said that the accident occurred at 9.15pm when motorcar PWW 2903 which was travelling east on the northern lane of Brickdam and motorcycle CK 9077 which was proceeding north along the western side of Brummel Place collided. The intersection is managed by a traffic light but it was not functioning at the time.
Police said the front of the motor car crashed into the left side of the motorcycle resulting in the riders falling on the roadway. Both the rider of the bike and Cave sustained injuries about their bodies. Cave, police said, sustained a broken leg, a fractured arm and a concussion to the head. The police said that the rider of the motorcycle ran away from the scene.
Cave was picked up in an unconscious state by an ambulance and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was seen and examined by a doctor on duty and admitted a patient. At about 5.30 yesterday morning she succumbed to her injuries.
A breathalyzer test administered to the driver of the motorcar gave a negative result.
