A Festival City man died yesterday after the motorbike he was riding collided with a vehicle on Mandela Avenue.
The police yesterday said that they are investigating the accident which occurred at around 7.15 am at the intersection of Mandela Avenue and Cemetery Road and which resulted in the death of Martin Samuels, 33.
The accident involved hire car #HD 3165, owned and driven by 52-year-old Lloyd McKenzie of Belfield, East Coast Demerara and motorcycle #CL 8097, owned and ridden by Samuels of Nutmeg Street.
Enquiries, the police say, disclosed that the motorcycle was proceeding west along the southern drive lane of Mandela Avenue while the hire car was proceeding east along the extreme southern drive lane of the northern carriageway of the said road.
As the hire car driver and motorcyclist approached the intersection, the traffic light (showing red in the direction of the driver of the hire car), the driver failed to comply and instead proceeded to negotiate a right turn south onto the southern carriageway. In the process of doing so, he ended up in the path of the motorcyclist. The front of the motorcycle came into contact with the left side front door of the hire car.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist was flung into the air and landed on the road surface. He was picked up in an unconscious state by Emergency Medical Technicians and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was examined by a doctor on duty who pronounced him dead on arrival.
The police visited the scene and an investigation was launched. The hire car driver is currently in custody, assisting with the investigation.
