Youth succumbs after crashing during bid to flee cops

Mahendra Deopaul

Twenty-year-old Mahendra Deopaul died on Sunday night after he lost control of his motorcycle in an attempt to escape from the police.

According to the Guyana Police Force, the fatal accident occurred at about 11.45 pm on Sunday at La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

Deopaul, of Lot 267 La Parfaite Harmonie, was reported to have been riding a motorcycle, #CK 5677, without a safety helmet, proceeding west along the northern side of the road.