A male cyclist is now dead after colliding with a minibus at Nonpareil, on the East Coast of Demerara, on Thursday afternoon.
According to a Guyana Police Force brief, the cyclist, who is yet to be identified, was proceeding west along the northern side of the road while the minibus, with licence plate BXX 4563, was proceeding east along the same side of the road.
According to the brief, the 29-year-old bus driver sounded his horn to alert the cyclist that he was approaching. The driver alleged that as he was about to pass the cyclist, the cyclist suddenly swerved south across the road and the collision occurred.
The cyclist was then taken in an unconscious to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Up to press time, the cyclist’s body was at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting identification and a post-mortem examination.
