Essequibo Coast pedal cyclist killed by speeding motorcar
…“justice is all we need” – sister
Dead: Garfield Bridgmohan
A 35-year-old pedal cyclist was killed on Friday evening after a motorcar crashed into him on the Queenstown Public Road in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Dead is Garfield Dudley Bridgmohan, a logger of Queenstown Village, Essequibo Coast.
Guyana Times was told that the accident occurred at about 20:30h on Friday, as a white motorcar that was proceeding north along the western side of the road at a fast rate of speed collided with the rear wheel of the pedal cycle Bridgemohan was riding in the same direction as the car, but ahead of the vehicle.
This collision caused the cyclist to fall on the road, and the vehicle allegedly drove over him, causing him to suffer severe neck and other body injuries. The vehicle then drove some distance away before coming to halt.
The grieving sister, Malinda Mc Garrell
Police said in a release on Saturday evening that motorcar PXX 9235, owned by a resident of Parika and driven by a 71-year-old man, was proceeding north at a fast rate when, according to the driver, he suddenly saw a man who was riding a bicycle make a “sudden lean” and collide with the front left side of his vehicle. The man hit the windshield, and was picked up by the driver and taken to the Suddie Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The car that was involved in the accident
Justice
Bridgmohan’s sister Malinda McGarrell told Guyana Times that she received a call from her daughter informing her about the accident. She is calling for justice to prevail, as she said that Bridgemohan was riding in the correct lane.
“We need justice! My brother was on his lane riding coming home and the car man was speeding and hit him from behind, and then drove over (his) head… We need justice! Justice is all we need! My brother was a good person, he never did anyone wrong, and that car man is wrong to hit my brother and kill him,” she said.
Bridgemohan’s body is at the Suddie Mortuary awaiting a postmortem examination. Police have said the vehicle driver has been arrested and is in custody at the Anna Regina Police Station, where he is assisting with the investigation. (G14)
