Berbice motorcyclist dies after slamming into pig

A 27-year-old motorcyclist, Daniel Gaindalall of Block 4, Tain, Corentyne, Berbice, is now dead after reportedly hitting a pig on the Corentyne Highway, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), on Monday afternoon.
The animal was reportedly crossing the highway when the motorcycle slammed into it, causing the rider to fall.
Reports are that the incident occurred shortly before 17:00h on Monday at Alness Village, Corentyne.
Gaindalall, who worked as a labourer in the rice industry, had gone to the Black Bush Polder to visit relatives.
According to his 47-year-old reputed wife, Janet Naidoo, he would have been on his way home when he crashed into the animal.
When this publication visited the scene on Tuesday, the dead animal was lying on the parapet, and parts of the motorcycle were also scattered on the roadway.
Naidoo said her reputed husband died at the Port Mourant Hospital, where he was taken after the crash.
“By 4:30 I called him and asked him if he was ready to come home now, and he said that he was now about to leave to come home. So 5 o’clock was gone and I was still waiting to see if he was coming, and then my phone rang, and then my daughter called and said that he got into an accident by Alness Village and they rushed him to the Port Mourant Hospital. When I went there, he was panting for breath, and about 10 minutes later the doctor pronounced him dead,” Naidoo said.
According to the woman, her reputed husband was wearing a safety helmet at the time of the accident.
She added that the family has been able to find the owner of the animal. Animals roaming the Corentyne Highway is a daily occurrence, and on many occasions they impede the flow of traffic.
“I think everybody should be very careful and take care of the animals that they are mining because although that happened yesterday, we still passed there today [Tuesday] and saw a lot of pigs on the road. I know they must have heard that a pig was on the road and caused the accident, and still they have their pigs all over,” the grieving woman said, adding, “They have to do something about it because he would normally go out on the road anytime with his bike, and something like this never happened. If that pig was not going across the road, you would not have had an accident. If you are minding animals, you have to keep them in your yard or have them secured somewhere. Nobody owns the pig because they know what will happen if they come forward and own the pig; it would be a different story because of what their pig is doing on the road… But I lost a husband.”
The couple had been together for eight years and had no children. Gaindalall was the eldest of three surviving siblings.