A young sugar estate employee succumbed yesterday following an accident at De Kinderen, West Coast Demerara, one week after he celebrated his 19th birthday.
Ahad Sheik, a driver attached to the Uitvlugt Sugar Estate, according to eyewitnesses, was proceeding south along the public road at De Kinderen, when he attempted to overtake a minibus, which was proceeding in the same direction. The eyewitness said that when he realised that a Canter truck GKK 1849 was in proximity, Sheik attempted to swerve his motorcycle into the bushes but he was unable to do so in time.
He was hit by the truck. Family members said his eyes were badly gouged as his
