Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on Thursday at about 8.30 pm at the corner of Mandela Avenue and Norton Street and claimed the life of footballer Leon Yaw, 25.
Police say that the accident involved motorcycle # CM 607 owned and ridden by Yaw of Lot A 26 East La Penitence Georgetown and motorcycle # CJ 8133 owned and ridden by 27-year-old Samuel Andrews of Lot 412 Toucan Drive, North East La Penitence, Georgetown and minibus # BAC 9070 driven by 49-year-old Ryan Dexter King of Lot 44 Middle Street, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara.
Enquiries disclosed that the rider of # CJ 8133 was proceeding south along the western drive lane of the eastern carriageway of Mandela Avenue and as he approached Norton Street he stopped to observe the north-bound traffic with the intent of turning west into Norton Street. He said that both western drive lanes of Mandela Avenue stopped to allow him to make the right turn to proceed further west onto Norton Street and as he did so, the rider of motorcycle #CM 607 which was proceeding north along the western edge of the western carriageway of Nelson Mandela Avenue collided with the front left side of his motorcycle.
As a result of the collision the rider of motorcycle # CM607 was flung in a north western direction into a concrete culvert where he suffered injuries to his head and other parts of his body and his motor cycle hit the front number plate of minibus # BAC 9070 which was stationary at the intersection of Mandela Avenue and Norton Street facing east.
The Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) were summoned and the rider of motorcycle # CM 607 was pronounced dead by Doctor Harry Kissoon.
The rider of motorcycle # CJ 8133 was picked up by the EMT in a conscious condition and transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Accident and Emergency Unit where he is presently receiving treatment.
Further investigations are ongoing
