Pillion rider dies in Lombard St accident

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 0715h today on Lombard Street, Georgetown, and which resulted in  the death of Savitree Chandra, 30 years of Covent Garden, EBD.

Police say that investigations revealed that  Chandra was the pillion rider on a motor cycle, when the driver attempted to overtake a motor lorry and the handle of the motor cycle came into contact with the lorry. As a result, police said, they fell unto the roadway and Chandra was run over by the lorry. She was pronounced DOA at the GPHC.

The drivers of the motor lorry and the motor cycle are in police custody assisting with the investigations, police said.