MOTORCYCLIST Edwards Sears, 22 years, of Belleview, West Coast Berbice was on Saturday night struck and killed on Bush Lot Public Road, WCB, by a speeding car while he was reportedly overtaking another vehicle.

A senior police official in ‘B’ Division (Berbice) told the Guyana Chronicle that based on investigations Sears was riding his motorcycle when he attempted to overtake and a speeding car struck him, tossing him and his bike some distance in the air before he fell.

The officer also said that the driver of the motor car was tested and found to be over the legal limit in relation to the consumption of alcohol.

The driver of the motorcar is in police custody assisting with the investigations.

The seriously injured Sears was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital where he succumbed minutes later.

Speaking with the Guyana Chronicle, Sears’ cousin, Stayesha Deterring said that she was in Georgetown when she got a call that her cousin was dead. She said she was so confused and hardly knew what to do but she managed to contact Sears’ mother for confirmation.

Deterring described Sears as a person who was always cautious on the road and he was never a speedster. She described him as an easygoing person who worked hard to maintain his family.

(By Asif Hakim)