Venezuelan motorcyclist killed in collision on Nelson Mandela Avenue

A 26-year-old Venezuelan national tragically lost his life in a fatal collision involving a motorcycle and a motor lorry along Nelson Mandela Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.

The dead man has been identified as Keinner Hernandez, a Venezuelan of mixed ancestry, residing at Lot 1 Railway Embankment, Kitty, Georgetown. The accident occurred around 15:00h on Wednesday, in the vicinity of Market Street on the northern carriageway of Nelson Mandela Avenue.
According to police reports, Hernandez was the rider of motorcycle CN 9396, a red bike owned by Mahindra Singh of Lot 10 Public Road, Lancaster, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD). At the time of the incident, he was wearing a safety helmet.
Preliminary investigations revealed that Hernandez was proceeding east along the southern drive lane of the northern carriageway, while a blue motor lorry bearing a dealer identification mark NPC 1, owned by Nand Persaud Company Limited of No 38 Village, Corentyne Berbice, was also heading east along the northern drive lane of the same carriageway.
The lorry was being driven by 21-year-old Saheed Ramcharran, who resides at Lot 445, Good Hope, ECD.
As the two vehicles neared Market Street, Hernandez reportedly rode up behind a slow-moving cream-coloured motor lorry (registration unknown). In an attempt to overtake, he swerved from the southern to the northern lane of the northern carriageway, placing himself directly in the path of the oncoming motor lorry, NPC 1.
The front right side of the motor lorry reportedly collided with the front left side of the motorcycle. The impact caused Hernandez and the bike to fall onto the roadway, where they were subsequently run over by the motor lorry.

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) were summoned to the scene, but Hernandez was pronounced dead by a doctor upon arrival. His body was later transported to Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, where it awaits a post-mortem examination. The motorcycle sustained significant damage in the crash.
The lorry driver, Ramcharran, has been taken into custody and is assisting police with ongoing investigations.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has since launched a detailed probe into the incident as investigators work to reconstruct the sequence of events and determine culpability.