Plaisance biker dies after hitting pedestrian

Lancelot Giddings

A Plaisance motorcyclist died on Tuesday after he struck a pedestrian on the railway embankment at Liliendaal.

The police yesterday said that Lancelot Giddings was proceeding west along the Liliendaal Railway Embankment on his motorbike. While in the vicinity of Pump Road, the pedestrian Sheldon Booker attempted to cross the road and walked into the path of the motorcycle which then struck him. As a result of the collision, the 45 year-old  pedestrian fell on the road and suffered injuries about his body.