Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 5.30 pm yesterday on the Coldingen Public Road, East Coast Demerara, which claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl Bibi Sophia Mohammed.
The accident involved Motor Lorry GRR 3130, owned by R and B Investment and driven by Rickford Beckles, a 67-year-old driver from Annandale, East Coast Demerara, and an electric bike ridden by Maria Mohammed, a 16-year-old female and pillion rider Bibi Sophia Mohammed, a 17-year-old, both of Lot 366 Non-Pariel Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara.
Enquiries, the police say, disclosed that the motor lorry GRR 3130 was proceeding north along the western side of Coldingen Public Road when the driver alleged that he approached the main road, stopped and observed the traffic before going onto the access road.
The driver said that when he drove off, he felt his lorry ‘bump up’ and when he came out he saw two girls lying on the road next to an electric cycle.
Persons rushed to the scene, and the girls were picked up and escorted to Georgetown Public Hospital, where they were seen and examined by a Doctor. On arrival, Bibi Mohammed was pronounced dead, and Maria Mohammed is undergoing medical attention.
The driver is presently in custody, assisting with the ongoing investigation.