A rice farmer of Johanna Cecilia village on the Essequibo Coast was rushed to the Suddie Public Hospital after he collided with a car on Saturday.
According to information received , the man who was identified only as “Gandhi”, was riding his motorcycle along the roadway when he collided with a hire car.
Reports are that around 1430hrs on Saturday afternoon , the man was about to turn into a street that led to his home at Johanna Cecilia when the accident occurred.
The impact of the accident flung the man off the bike while a bag of paddy he was ferrying at the time on the bike was scattered across the roadway.
An eyewitness noted that the man sustained mainly head injuries and was rushed to the hospital by the driver of the car. Police are currently investigating the accident. (Indrawattie Natram)