A mother is grieving the loss of her son who was killed on Thursday night in an accident after the motor cycle which he was riding plunged into a canal causing him to suffer a suspected broken neck.

Dead is 17- year- old Cecil Adolphus of 99 Sideline Dam, Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara and a student of the Patentia Secondary School.
Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle newspaper yesterday at her home, the dead teen’s mother Rosalind Gill recalled that he left home approximately 19.15 hrs on Thursday night to meet several of his friends. She said that around 00:30hrs a young male came to her residence, called her out and told her to accompany him. The young man eventually took her to the scene of the accident, where she saw her son’s lifeless body and the motor cycle in the trench.
Ms. Gill said that when she questioned persons on the scene about what may have led to the accident, she was told by one lady that she saw the young man passing her with a helmet on and seconds later he had ended up in the trench.
Persons who went to rescue him found that he was already dead.
The mother confirmed that her son is not a licensed motor cyclist and admitted that on two occasions she noticed him showing up at home with the same motor cycle, whose owner she does not know.
In Thursday night’s case she was told that her son was “liming” with friends and based on what they told her, he picked up the motor cycle and rode off without seeking or getting permission from the owner.
Meanwhile, the police are seeking the owner of the motor cycle so as to ascertain how the young man was able to get the keys for the bike. In addition, the police will also have to investigate the other cases where the young man was seen riding the same motor cycle prior to Thursday night as confirmed by his mother.
After the accident, persons reportedly removed the registration plates from the vehicle, making it impossible for the police to trace the owner; but the investigation into that aspect of the incident remains open.

(By Leroy Smith)