Motorcyclist killed by drunk driver

A 36-year-old man died early yesterday morning after the motorcycle he was riding collided with a car on the Good Hope Public Road, East Bank Essequibo.

The police in a release yesterday said that Saheel Ishmael of Lot 80 Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara died at around 6 am yesterday when his motorcycle CK 2051 collided with motorcar PZZ 1848 driven by 31-year-old Danan Stuart of Tuschen New Housing Scheme.

According to the police, the car was proceeding east along the northern side of the road at a fast rate and overtook another car, ending up on the southern side of the road and in a head-on collision with the motorcycle which was proceeding west along the southern side of the road.