Two persons have lost their lives while another was injured in separate accidents over the weekend.
Dead are 49-year-old Euclin Joseph and 28-year-old Rodrigues Anthon. Injured are 20-year-old Joshua Jack; 39-year-old Raymond Joseph of Lot 270 West Ruimveldt, Georgetown; 32-year-old Samantha Andrews of Lot 69 Ogle Street, Triumph, East Coast Demerara, and 32-year-old Lashana Young of Lot 1748 Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Rodriques Anthon called ‘Jamir’
Reports are that Joseph was killed after a speeding car, driven by a young Special Constable, lost control and slammed into a utility pole on the Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara.
The incident occurred sometime around 15:50h on Saturday.
According to Police reports, the Constable was driving motor car PSS 7652 proceeding west along the southern side of the said road at a fast rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and ended up on the southern parapet, where the right side collided with a GPL light post.
As a result of the collision, the occupants – Euclin Joseph; Raymond Joseph; Samantha Andrews and Lashana Young – were taken out of the vehicle by Police and public-spirited citizens and taken to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre.
Reports are that Joseph was pronounced dead on arrival whilst the rest of the occupants received medical attention.
A breathalyser test was conducted on the driver and no trace of alcohol was found in his breath. He is in custody pending investigations.
Meanwhile, Anthon was killed on Saturday after losing control of his motorcycle and crashing into a concrete culvert on the Strand Public Road, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
Anthon, 28, of Lot 48 Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, died at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 17:30h.
Police have since said that the motorcyclist was proceeding west along the northern side of Strand Public Road, without a safety helmet and at a fast rate of speed, when he lost control of the motorcycle.
The bike ended up in the northern drain and continued to proceed west, where Anthon collided with a concrete culvert, which is situated on the eastern side of Strand Public Road. He was then thrown off the motorcycle and further collided with a building which is located on the western side of the Strand Public Road.
As a result of the collision, Anthon received injuries about his head and body.
He was picked up in an unconscious condition by public-spirited citizens and escorted to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he was examined by a doctor on duty and pronounced dead on arrival.
Also on Saturday, a young motorcyclist, Joshua Jack of Lot 321 Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara, was left hospitalised with a broken leg after attempting to overtake a motor car but ended up colliding with it. His pillion rider, 19-year-old Neavon Evans of Lot 73 Victoria Village, also sustained minor injuries from the collision.
Reports are that around 22:30h on Saturday, the two young men were on motorcycle CL 2981 riding along the Hope Public Road, ECD, with motor car PKK 5325 heading in the same eastern direction.
The car’s driver told Police investigators that while in the process of overtaking his motor car, the motorcycle collided with the right-side rear portion of the car.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist and pillion rider fell onto the road’s surface and received injuries to their bodies.
They were picked up by public-spirited citizens and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where the motorcyclist was examined by a doctor on duty and later admitted a patient suffering from a broken right leg.
Meanwhile, the pillion rider received injuries about his body and was also kept for observation.
A breathalyser test was conducted on the car’s driver, who also hails from Victoria Village, and 0.00% BAC micrograms was found in his system.
A notice of intended prosecution has been served as investigations continue.
According to his aunt, Pamela Sullivan, the young man had just left her home on a test drive after trying to repair the bike.
“He said he would carry it around the other street for a test run but when he meet halfway in Asylum Street we hearing this noise the bike making like he just revving it and then we heard a funny sound and shortly after I was informed by my daughter that my nephew had a crash. By the time we run out only to find him lying on the road. He was already dead when we reach out there,” the aunt related.
Anthon worked with the offshore drilling contractor Noble Corporation, which is a subsidiary of ExxonMobil.
His mother, Joyce Anton, explained that her son had just returned after spending 28 days at work.
“He came off the boat and came straight here. He would come here before he goes home. He lives in Stanleytown with his wife, he married last December. So, whenever he comes home he would come here first because we would keep his bike. So, he collected the bike and when he reached on the road apparently like the bike cut off.”
The grieving mother said Anthon told her that he was going to take the motorcycle to Alexander Street to have someone examine it.
