A man travelling on a pedal bike died after he was struck off it by a car along Profit Public Road, West Coast Berbice (WCB).
The car that struck the cyclist off his bike
The 45-year-old driver has since claimed that she was blinded by the bright lights of an incoming vehicle which resulted in a fatal accident
Nevil Anthony Small, 24, died at around 05:10h on Thursday.
The driver has alleged that she was proceeding east along the northern side of the road at a normal rate of speed when she was blinded by lights of a vehicle coming in the opposite direction. This, according to her, caused her to collide with the pedal cyclist who was proceeding west along the northern side of the said road.
As a result of the impact, the pedal cyclist was thrown onto the front windscreen then onto the roadway where he received injuries to his head and about his body.
He was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to Fort Wellington Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver is in custody assisting with the investigations.
Following the man’s death, his family and friends are now aiming their ire at the one they hold responsible for the death of their loved one.
Scores of persons were also seen commenting on several social media posts about the man’s death, calling on the Guyana Police Force (GPF) to clamp down on vehicles with extremely bright and coloured lights.
One person said: “There are some vehicles with white lights and all the police doing is stopping them, collecting a raise and they continue to blind other drivers on the road. These blue lights are dangerous…. plus, some drivers always have on high beam”.
The bike the pedal cyclist was riding at the time of the accident
Just recently, the GPF intensified its campaign against vehicles with coloured lights, and warned that Regulation 34 (1) (a) of the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, Chapter 51:02 states: “Every motor vehicle, the width of which does not exceed seven feet, other than a two-wheeled motorcycle not having a side car attached thereto and an invalid carriage, on any road, during the hours of darkness shall carry two lamps, each showing to the front a white light visible from a reasonable distance.” (G9)
