The Police say they are investigating a fatal accident which occurred just after midnight today on High Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown in the vicinity of Carnegie School of Home Economics.
In a release, the police say that the incident involved motor cycle #CK 7303, gold in colour, owned and ridden at the time by 48-year-old Eon Howard (deceased) of Lot 433 ‘B’ Field, Samaroo Street, South Sophia, Georgetown.
Enquiries so far disclosed that the motorcycle was proceeding south on High Street, at a fast rate when the rider of the said motorcycle lost control and ended up in a concrete drain located on the eastern side of the said road.
As a result, he was pinned by the said motorcycle. He was assisted out of the drain by public- spirited citizens and later examined and pronounced dead at the accident scene by Dr. Joseph of the Emergency Medical Service Unit.
The body of the motorcyclist was then taken to Memorial Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
