A 24-year-old motorcyclist died after he lost control of his motorcycle while riding on the #40 Village Public Road on the West Coast Berbice Sunday night last.

The dead man was identified as Latchman Hansraj also known as Kevin of Lot 116 Block D Bath Settlement West Coast Berbice. The accident occurred at around 22:45 hrs at Seafield Village West Coast Bebice.

Reports stated that Hansraj was riding his motorcycle along the roadway when he collided with some persons who were standing alongside the roadway following the Guyana Cup

Horse Race Meeting at Rising Sun West Coast Berbice.
He lost control of the motorcycle which then crashed into a vehicle parked alongside the roadway. He was picked up in an unconscious condition and rushed to the Fort Wellington Cottage Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Two females who had been hit by the motorcycle were treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital and sent away. The twenty four-year-old man was described as a very talented Graphic Arts Designer. He was an employee of Impressive Signs Graphics and Printery located in Church Street New Amsterdam Berbice. The Police are investigating.