Tempe man dies in motorbike accident

The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred about 2230h. last night on Hope Public Road, West Coast Berbice, that resulted in the death of Zafheed Jameer, 31 years, a labourer, of Tempe Village, West Coast Berbice.

Enquiries revealed that Jameer was proceeding west along the public road on an unregistered Jialing motorcycle, when he lost control and allegedly slammed into a concrete base of a light pole, south of the road. He was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital in an unconscious state where he was pronounced dead on arrival.