Bath Settlement teen dies after motorcycle accident

Dave Kumar Williams (left) and Leon Norton on Monday before leaving home to go out. 

A 16-year-old farmer of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, succumbed to the injuries he sustained, after the motorcycle on which he was the pillion rider collided with a utility pole in D’ Edward Village, West Coast Berbice on Monday night.

Dave Kumar Williams, also known as ‘Boy’, 16, of Lot 536 Block B Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice is said to have succumbed around 5:30 am yesterday whilst receiving treatment at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital.

According to information gathered, Williams was the passenger on motorcycle CF 9832, which was allegedly being ridden at a fast rate by his 21-year-old friend, Leon Norton, also of Bath Settlement. The friend reportedly