POLICE are awaiting a post-mortem to determine the cause of death of Nathaniel Sears, whose lifeless body was found on the Armadale Public Road, West Coast Berbice, near his motorcycle early on Thursday morning by residents.Sears 69, called “Hurry Up,” was supposed to drive the tractor/trailer carrying the MMA-ADA float en route to D’Urban Park but never made it.

The police reported that Sears left his Number Nine Village home at about 04:00 hrs to drive the tractor at Number 27 Village, Onverwagt,after which he was to head to Georgetown for the Independence Float Parade.

According to the police, Sears’s body did not have any visible marks of violence, but they observed that the chain of his motorcycle had slipped. Sleuths believe that he may have encountered an accident when the chain of his bike slipped, causing him to fall, or he may have suffered a cardiac arrest.

He was the father of five and was an employee of the Ministry of Agriculture branch at Onverwagt. The police in Berbice said they will determine the way forward after the PME results.