At about 10.15 on Tuesday night, an accident occurred on the New Mandela to Eccles Inter link (Heroes Highway eastern carriageway) which resulted in the death of Celus Griffith, a 54-year-old pedal cyclist, the police said in a statement yesterday.
The accident involved motor car #HD 1646, driven by Dexroy Fredricks, a 27-year-old from East La Penitence, Georgetown and pedal cyclist Griffith, a 54-year-old security guard of Lot 49 Nelson Street Mocha, East Bank Demerara. The driver of the car told investigators that he was proceeding south along the eastern carriageway (eastern drive lane) of the New Mandela to Eccles interlink, and while in the vicinity of Sheriff Security, he observed a pedal cyclist suddenly ride into the path of his vehicle crossing from the western drive lane over to the eastern drive lane, causing him to apply brakes. He swerved further east to avoid a collision. In doing so, the car hit the pedal cycle, the statement said.