…allegedly shows driver making illegal U-turn
New evidence has unfolded as police investigate the death of a 22-year-old motorcyclist who was part of a crash on Thursday afternoon in Stanleytown, New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Police had initially stated that 22-year-old Daniel North, of Islington, Greater New Amsterdam, who was riding motorcycle CP 1385, emerged from an access road on the western side of Stanleytown Public Road and collided with the left front side of a car, PLL 6600, which was being driven at the time by a 56-year-old man from Lancaster Village, Corentyne.
The police information came from the driver.
Law enforcement officers have since obtained video evidence, and according to a senior police source, the footage clearly shows the car initiating a U-turn across the roadway at the very moment the young motorcyclist was approaching. With little time or space to react, North slammed directly into the car; the impact sending him flying through the air. Police say the force of the impact pitched him approximately 23 metres from the point of collision.
Reports are that he landed head-first in a trench, and witnesses who rushed to his aid pulled him out roughly two minutes later. Despite efforts to save him, he succumbed to his injuries shortly after being transported to the hospital.
The new evidence has significantly shifted the direction of the investigation.
North, who worked offshore, was home for 28 days during which time he was involved in block making.
He leaves to mourn his parents and four siblings.
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