Rider dies in mishap on Harbour Bridge

Premdat Govinda

Motorcyclist Premdat Govinda, 52, yesterday died in a mishap on the Demerara Harbour Bridge.

The circumstances of his death are unclear and an investigation is underway.

Stabroek News was able to speak with the wife of the deceased, Rohini Govinda. She said that her husband,  a father of four, was reportedly en route to his residence at Bella Dam, Pouderoyen when the incident occurred. The  distraught woman recounted, “The police informed us that he fell and struck his head between two steel structures on the bridge. It seemed like he tumbled, and his head made contact with the space between the two iron.”