Motorcyclist dies, pillion rider injured, after crashing into utility post 

Motorcyclist Uwayne Freeman lost his life on Tuesday at about 22:30h following a crash along the Mainstay Access Road. His pillion rider Alexander Gomes has sustained severe injuries in that accident. These men are residents of Mainstay Lake on the Essequibo Coast in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
According to reports, the 18-year-old Freeman was driving motorcycle CN 8791 along the Mainstay Access Road, and the 18-year-old Gomes was his pillion rider. They were heading in a southerly direction at high speed when Freeman lost control of the machine and it crashed into a utility pole on the eastern side of the road.
The impact of that crashflung both Freeman and Gomes on to the roadway, where they sustained serious injuries.
Public-spirited citizens rushed the injured duo to the Suddie Public Hospital, where Freeman was pronounced dead on arrival while Gomes was admitted with a fractured right foot.
Freeman’s body was later transported to the Suddie Hospital Mortuary to await a post-mortem examination. (G14)