Pedal cyclist dies after being run over by lorry at Den Amstel

Pedal cyclist Joel Castang became the country’s latest road fatality when he was struck down and killed by a motor lorry along the Den Amstel Public Road, West Coast Demerara, on Monday.

Police have said that that accident, which occurred at about 20:19h, involved motor lorry GTT 4953 and the 34-year-old pedal cyclist of Lot 55 Hibiscus Scheme in Blankenburg, WCD.
It has been reported that Castang rode into the path of the truck, and despite that driver making every attempt to avoid a collision, the front portion of the lorry collided with Castang, thus causing him to fall beneath the vehicle. He reportedly was dragged for some distance before the truck came to a halt. Thereafter, the injured Castang was rushed to the Leonora Cottage Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The truck was at the time being driven by a 24-year-old man of Meten-Meer-Zorg, WCD. He remains in custody pending charges. He had been administered a breathalyzer test, but no trace of alcohol was detected in his system.