Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 1.50 am yesterday on the public road at Bushlot, Corentyne, Berbice, involving a motorcycle (#CL 9018), owned and ridden by Karan Dhuman, a 17-year-old painter from Lot 334 School Street Bushlot Village.
Initial investigation revealed that the motorcycle was proceeding west along the southern drive lane on the Bushlot farm public road, allegedly at a fast rate, when the teen motorcyclist lost control of his bike and collided with a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) utility post on the southern grass parapet.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist was flung off of his motorcycle and into the GPL post and fell on the road. He was picked up by the Police and public-spirited citizens in an unconscious condition and conveyed to the Port Mourant Public Hospital.
He was seen by a doctor on duty who pronounced him dead on arrival.
