Police in Berbice are investigating an accident which left a teacher dead.
Dead is Joel Wills, 27, of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice.
Following the hit-and-run, Wills was picked up in an unconscious state by public-spirited persons and rushed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital where he died while receiving medical attention.
Reports are that Wills, a teacher attached to the Canje Secondary School, was riding his motorcycle when he was hit by a lorry on the Number One Public Road, East Berbice Corentyne, on Saturday evening.
Wills was on his way home from the Albion Community Centre where he was a part of a group that cleaned the arena for a Jehovah’s Witnesses Convention to be held today.
According to information received, following the collision, the driver of the motor lorry fled the scene without rendering any assistance to the injured man. Police are investigating.
