“It really shocked me” – father of motorcyclist killed in Ogle accident

By LaWanda McAllister

A 22-year-old man was deprived of the opportunity of meeting his unborn child after he was killed just months before his reputed wife gave birth. The man who was expecting his first child lost his life on Easter Monday along the Ogle Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
Dead is Alex Amsterdam, a security guard who was last seen alive by his family on Monday afternoon.

While details are still sketchy and the Police have not yet issued a report on the accident, when Guyana Times visited the home of the now-dead man, his father Dexter Amsterdam said he was at home when he was informed that his son was involved in an accident and rushed to the scene.
The man said when he arrived, he found his son lying motionlessly on the ground.
The man said that based on the information he received, his son was in the process of crossing the road, when the car then decided to speed across the intersection, striking him down in the process.
At the time, the dead man was heading home, while his friend was riding behind him on another motorcycle. His friend told the family that it was the driver of the motor car who was in the wrong.
“His friend said that the vehicle stop, by the time my son near for reach up, he [the car] drive off. A bike man come calling for Alex…I turn and I tell him my son is not here, he ain’t come back yet. Then, he comes said ‘come and watch this video,’ that my son lying down at Ogle Road there.”
“So, I follow him behind and I go, when I go and see my son. Was me and my daughter, so by the time I could’ve get to park the car I hear my daughter hollering…when I get there now, I see the driver of the vehicle…he said my son run into he,” the father related.
The man said while on the scene he met the driver of the vehicle who struck his son down, and he along with several occupants who were in the vehicle at the time were in a drunken state.
“I don’t know if is he family but all of them was drunk.”
The man said after his son was struck down, he was left lying on the road for about 30 minutes before he died. The family claims that the man’s death was sudden given that his life was snatched at such a tender age.
“It really shocked me because me ain’t really cut out for that, what happen last night, I ain’t get to sleep for the whole night and my wife, I had to just cheer she up…she cried and she cried,” the grieving father said.
While he is calling for justice, Amsterdam believes the family needs to be properly compensated since his son’s child will now be left without a father.
“I know my son done died already but I got to get some compensation and whatsoever,” the father contended.
The man’s father said his son was looking forward to meeting his unborn child, and he was already purchasing materials to finish his home just in time for his child’s arrival. Now, he said the child will grow up not knowing their father.
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Photo: Alex Amsterdam
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