A 60-year-old man lost his life in an accident, which saw a motorcycle crashing into another along the Cumberland Public Road, East Canje, Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), on Tuesday.
Dead: Clifton Sukhoo, called “John”
Dead is Clifton Sukhoo called “John” of Lot 70 New Street Cumberland, East Canje.
Reports are that Sukhoo had just left a motorcycle repair shop and was on the Cumberland Public Road turning into New Street when he was hit by a CBR proceeding in the same direction.
According to the police, the motorcycle, bearing registration plate CG 5056 (Suzuki 500 cc), owned and driven by a 35-year-old of East Canefield East Canje was proceeding south along the eastern drive lane of the said road while motorcycle CH 8875 (Jialing 110 cc), owned and driven by Sukhoo, was proceeding in the same direction.
Police said that it is alleged that the rider of CH 8875 stopped at the centre of the road and was in the process of turning west when the front of motorcycle CG 5056 collided with the rear of CH 8875.
As a result of the collision, both cyclists fell onto the road’s surface. They were both picked up in an unconscious state and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital. Sukhoo was pronounced dead on arrival and the rider of the other motorcycle was admitted a patient at the hospital.
The two motorcycles that were involved in the accident
Meanwhile, eyewitnesses said that Sukhoo was thrown several feet from the point of impact while the Suzuki 500 rider, who they identified as a secondary school teacher, fell onto the road.
At the dead man’s home, family members expressed anger at the way the accident occurred and called for justice.
“We don’t want him to [go] on $200,000 bail or $50,000 bail. He wrong to my brother. He try to overtake and come in my brother lane and hit him and pitch him about 40-feet. I want justice for my brother because my brother only lost a son who hung himself three months ago,” Mahadeo Jattan, brother of the dead man told this publication.
Sukhoo is the second of his siblings who have died as a result of a road accident. (Andrew Carmichael)
