Biker dies after crashing into forklift on West Dem, pillion rider critical

Dead: Kevin Richard Singh

A Sunday morning accident at Meten-meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara (WCD), has claimed the life of a Hague motorcyclist and left one person hospitalised in a critical condition at the George-town Public Hospital (GPH).

The dead man, Kevin Richard Singh, 21, of Lot 73 Haley Street, Wortman-ville, Georgetown and Hague Backdam, WCD, an electrician, and the injured pillion rider Verna Wills of Lot 24 Anna Catherina, WCD, were travelling to the city when the accident occurred on the public road around 2.55 am yesterday.

Singh crashed into a parked forklift and succumbed to his injuries at the GPH at around 6.30 am.  Police in a statement said that  Singh was riding CH8732 proceeding east along the northern carriageway of the road.