A Corentyne motorcyclist is now dead after he was struck by a speeding pickup along the East Coast Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) Highway on Wednesday afternoon.
Dead: Tameshwar Sukhcharan
Reports are that the pickup crashed into a parked truck after flinging the motorcyclist into a canal.
The dead man has been identified as 35-year-old Tameshwar Sukhcharan, of Topoo Village, Corentyne. The crash occurred at around 17:40h Wednesday on the Dun Robin Public Road, East Coast Berbice, Region Six.
Sukhcharan was on his way to a worksite in West Canje at the time, while the pickup was heading in the opposite direction towards the Corentyne.
The father of two worked as a cattle ranger with the Albion Sugar Estate.
His wife, Cynthina Bandoo, told this publication that he left home shortly after 17:00h and went to the estate to book in his time and was heading to the location where he is stationed.
The police statement said the crash involved the motor pickup GAK 1990, driven by 30-year-old Andrew Johnson of Lamaha Park, Georgetown; Sukhcharan’s motorcycle; and a parked motor lorry, GLL 9958, owned by a 47-year-old man of Yakusari, Bush Polder.
The police said the pickup was being driven by the 30-year-old man allegedly at a fast rate of speed when he attempted to overtake a vehicle and collided with Sukhcharan, whose motorcycle was coming in the opposite direction.
Sukhcharan was flung into a nearby trench; he received injuries to his head and other parts of his body.
The pick-up then further collided with the lorry which was parked on the southern parapet.
Sukhcharan was subsequently taken out of the trench in an unconscious state by public-spirited citizens and taken to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The driver of the pickup, who was also injured, has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
He received a fractured femur and abrasions on his body. His condition is stable, the police said in its release.
Meanwhile, the now-dead man’s mother said from the information they received; her son died at the scene.
According to Devitree Harinarain, when they arrived on the scene, police were in control, and they were not allowed to go close.
Eye-witnesses say persons who were on a passing truck stopped and pulled the motorcyclist from the canal.
There are reports that what appeared to be a part of his brain was left on the road shoulder.
Sukcharan’s father, Rajest Sukcharan, said it was not until Thursday they were able to see the body at the mortuary.
“I went to the farm, and then I got a phone call, and they said that they saw the accident. So, when we reached home, they said that he dead. So, we rushed to the scene at Number 19 Village, and we see him lying on the road, but they didn’t allow us to see him. Until this morning they only show us the face,” he said.
There are also reports that Sukcharan suffered broken limbs and lost parts of his body as a result of the crash.
The investigation is ongoing.
