Farmer dies after falling off bridge in Region 9

A 57-year-old farmer died on Sunday evening after he lost control of the motorcycle he was riding and it crashed into the Shiwan Bridge along the Access Road in South Pakaraima.
At the time of his demise, Mikey Francisco of Karasabai Village was operating Brazilian-registered motorcycle NAR 8584, and reports are that he was returning home from his farm and the motorcycle was not equipped with a headlamp.

While in vicinity of the Shiwan Bridge, Francisco lost control of the bike and it collided with the rail of the bridge, resulting in him and
the motorcycle falling off the bridge and ending up in the creek on a pile of rocks. The motorcycle, the Police added, landed on top of the injured man, pinning him on the rocks.

After Francisco did not return home, relatives who went in search of him found his motionless body in the creek with the motorcycle lying on both of his legs.
He was picked up and taken to the Karasabai District Hospital, and a medical practitioner immediately referred him to the Lethem Regional Hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced dead on arrival.
The man’s body is at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post-mortem, and further investigations are underway.