The rider of an electric cycle was on Tuesday crushed to death by a container truck in the vicinity of Muneshwers Limited, on Water Street, Georgetown.
The deceased has been identified as 71-year-old, Carlon Windsor Barrett, of Lot 32 Victoria Avenue, Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
According to a Guyana Police Force release, the accident occurred at about 14:30 hours on Tuesday and investigations have so far revealed that an articulated lorry bearing registration number GZZ 6378 with trailer TEE 6391 was transporting a 40-foot container laden with lumber.
The lorry driven by Jormen John Joseph, 33, of Lot 1268 ‘B’ Field, Sophia, Georgetown, was proceeding south along the centre of the eastern carriageway of Water Street and as it approached Muneshwers Limited, the driver alleges that he activated his vehicle’s right side indicator to turn west across the western carriageway of the said road in order to enter the shipping yard.
Joseph further stated that he then felt the right side rear wheel of the trailer run over something, causing him to immediately stop and exit his vehicle. It was then that he noticed the afore-mentioned wheel on top of the cyclist’s body and cycle.
The ambulance was summoned and arrived shortly on the scene where a team of emergency medical technicians examined the cyclist and pronounced him dead on the scene.
The body was then taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home mortuary where it awaits a post-mortem examination.
A Breathalyzer test was conducted on the driver of the lorry and showed no trace of alcohol in his blood.
Investigations are still ongoing.
