Two motorcyclists are now dead following a crash in New Amsterdam on Sunday evening, just outside of the New Amsterdam Hospital.
Dead are 25-year-old Malcolm Matthews Jr, a self-employed resident of Voorburg Street, Sheet Anchor, East Canje and 29-year-old Stephen Tiloo, a security guard of Reliance Settlement, East Canje.
Dead: 29-year-old Stephen Tiloo
They were each riding separate motorcycles when the crash occurred at about 20:55h on Sunday, just outside the New Amsterdam Hospital in Berbice.
In a statement, the police said Tiloo was proceeding north along the road, allegedly at a fast rate, while Matthews was proceeding in the opposite direction, also at a fast rate. As both cyclists were about to pass each other, they collided head-on. The police said neither of the men were wearing safety helmets at the time. They were both pronounced dead when they were taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital. Matthews had left home on Sunday morning and family members do not know whose bike he was riding at the time of the crash.
Tiloo was having dinner with family members at a restaurant when he abruptly left after receiving a phone call. His brother, Ravindra Dillsair said after they left the restaurant and on their way driving home they noticed a crowed outside on the New Amsterdam Hospital and the traffic was moving very slowly.
Dead: 25-year-old Malcolm Matthews Jr
“We see a black bike first, from the right hand over, then we go up in the traffic, we end up and see him lying on the ground, on the left hand over, then we stop the car and come out and was able to identify is he,” the brother said.
Meanwhile, Malcolm Matthews Snr said when he and his wife reached on the scene, both bodies were covered with blankets.
His wife, Rishma Ramjeet told this publication that that it was one of her cousins working at the said hospital who informed her that Junior was involved in a crash.
“She said she hear the big ‘bang’ and when she run out she see that is Junior,” the woman related.
