Biker who lost arm was not speedster

A RELATIVE, who wants to remain anonymous, said he is very shocked to hear the circumstances under which Kevin Griffith called ‘Kartel’ lost his right arm.He said he and the injured man shared very good times together and he never knew the latter to be a speedster.

It is reported that Griffith’s arm was ripped off in a Monday accident just after 22:00 hrs.
“I hope he does not succumb to his injuries,” his brother-in-law said emotionally.
The 24-year-old Griffith, of Stevedore Housing Scheme, was riding his motorcycle, CE 3919, along Norton Street heading west, when he slammed into a parked vehicle between Victor and Chapel Streets, also in Georgetown.
A source at the scene told this publication that he was heading home, from late night classes in a minibus, when he saw the motorbike pass it and hit the stationary vehicle.
A driver of a bus with passengers inside which stopped at the scene, said the man’s limb was completely ripped off.
A senior communications officer of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) informed the Guyana Chronicle that Griffith’s arm cannot be re-attached.
At the time, the patient was in an unconscious state battling for his life in the recovery room after surgery.