Firefighter, carpenter injured in motorcycle crash

Police are investigating an accident that occurred yesterday on the Coffee Grove Public Road in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) and has left two motorcyclists seriously injured.

The police have said the accident involved motorcycle CJ210, owned and driven by Leon Anderson, a 39-year-old carpenter of Henrietta, Essequibo Coast, and motorcycle CF3887, driven by Jason Shepherd, a 25-year-old member of the Guyana Fire Service.
Initial investigations have revealed that both vehicles were proceeding in a southerly direction along the eastern drive lane of the Coffee Grove Public Road. Motorcycle CJ 210 was ahead of motorcycle CF 3887, but the latter was allegedly travelling at a high rate of speed, and collided with the rear wheel of motorcycle CJ 210, resulting in both riders losing control of their vehicles and sustaining injuries about their bodies as they were thrown on the roadway.
Public-spirited citizens transported the injured men, who were unconscious, to the Suddie Public Hospital, where Anderson was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Shepherd was admitted to the male ward.
Both motorcycles have been lodged at the Anna Regina Police Station as investigations continue.