A 20-year-old motorcyclist died following a crash at Strathspey, East Coast Demerara on Saturday night while his pillion rider is currently being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital for his injuries.
Dead is Leon Benjamin of Bare Root, East Coast Demerara, a part-time construction worker who also sold fruits and vegetables.
Benjamin’s mother Meshele Pilgrim, a single parent, told the Stabroek News that she returned home around 18:00 hrs on Saturday after doing some back-to-school shopping and asked his siblings where he was. She said she was told that he had left and said he would be coming back.