Mahaicony driver charged and granted bail for fatal Rome accident 

Days after a 24-year-old pedal cyclist was crushed by an overtaking lorry along Rome Access Road, East Bank Demerara, the driver was charged and granted bail for the incident.
Surendra Bessesar, 30, of Little Abary, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, was charged with causing the death of Kevin Roache, which occurred on March 20, 2026, and appeared before Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, March 31.
He was not required to plead to the indictment but was later granted $300,000 bail with conditions that he report to the Police on the last Friday of every month and lodge his passport at the court until the matter is completed.
He is due to make his next court appearance on May 20, 2026.
It was reported that the now-deceased pedal cyclist, a construction worker from Agricola, Greater Georgetown, came into contact with motor lorry GAK 7143 with trailer TYY 9718 attached.
Police stated that the motor lorry was proceeding along the Rome Access Road behind the cyclist.
However, while in the vicinity of Farm/Supply, the driver reportedly overtook the pedal cyclist, and the left-side rear wheel of the trailer came into contact with the rear wheel of the cycle, causing the cyclist to lose control and end up under the trailer, where the wheel ran over his left foot.
Emergency medical technicians were summoned, and the cyclist was examined by a doctor on duty at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation and was pronounced dead at the scene.
A breathalyser test conducted on the lorry driver showed that there were no traces of alcohol in his system.