Motorcyclist, pedestrian killed in ECD accident

A motorcyclist, who was reportedly speeding, was killed late Sunday evening after he fatally struck down an allegedly drunken pedestrian on the southern carriageway of the East Coast Demerara Highway. The accident occurred around 21:15h at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown.

The dead motorcyclist has been identified as 25-year-old Frank De Florimde Jr of Lot 61 Fourth Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara. Meanwhile, the pedestrian, who was attempting to cross the road at the time of the accident, was unidentified up to press time Sunday night. However,  Guyana Times understands that the man was known as “Buckman” and resided somewhere on Barr Street, Kitty.
According to reports reaching this newspaper, De Florimde was riding motorcycle CH 7805 when he collided with the man. Guyana Times understands that after being struck, the pedestrian was dragged a short distance away.
The motorcyclist, on the other hand, kept on sliding on the motorcycle before it came to a halt and he ended up on the middle of the roadway. When this newspaper arrived on the scene shortly after the accident, De Florimde was lying on the road in a pool of blood. An eyewitness related to this publication that he was driving his motor car when he saw the motorcycle speeding past him.

“If I didn’t pull in the corner, I would have hit him,” the driver explained.
Another eyewitness told Guyana Times that De Florimde jumped a traffic light at UG Road shortly before the accident.
As news spread of the accident, distraught family and friends of the motorcyclist gathered at the scene.
“Junior! Get up, let we go home!” one of the dead man’s sisters cried, hitting his chest.
“I does be scared every time you go on the road…I don’t want tell you…Please get up…noo…don’t carry way my brother, please!” De Florimde’s sister screamed as undertakers tried to take him away.
Meanwhile, De Florimde’s father told this publication, “I called my son and asked him where he was and he told me that he bathing. He didn’t tell me, he was going out on the seawall. I does tell this boy not to ride speed, but he don’t hear…He does do this for fun. You know how these young people stay.”