An unidentified motorcyclist died in an accident on the West Bank Demerara (WBD) on Sunday and the pillion rider was injured.
The police yesterday said that the accident occurred as the rider of CL 5663 was trying to navigate Clarke’s Turn, Wales, WBD.
The police say that the pillion rider, Adrian Nelson of Pouderoyen said that he knew the now-deceased from Crane, WBD and they were at a dance in Wales, WBD. He asked the rider for a drop home. He told police that while they were proceeding along the western side of the road in the vicinity of Clarke’s Turn the rider who was proceeding at a fast rate, lost control and ended up going straight into the trench.
The pillion rider then jumped off the motorcycle as it was heading into the trench. Both persons were picked up in a conscious state by police and taken to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where the driver was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty while the pillion rider was seen and examined and admitted at the said institution after suffering from a fractured leg in a stable condition.
