A teen motorcyclist was taken into police custody on Thursday after he rode over a labourer at Charity, on the Essequibo Coast and the man later succumbed.
The Guyana Police Force said on Friday that the fatal accident occurred on Thursday at about 19:00 hours on Charity Extension Scheme Access Road.
The accident involved a Raptor motor cycle, driven by a 17-year-old, of Charity Extension Scheme, and a pedestrian, Manniram Sooklall, who was a 35-year-old labourer, of Lot 403 Charity Extension Scheme, Essequibo Coast.