BEAU Allison of Louisa Row, Georgetown died at about 2:00 hrs yesterday after the motor cycle he was allegedly driving, CH 2105, crashed into motor car PMM 4904, which was travelling in the opposite direction on the public road at La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara.

A police statement said the 27-year-old Allison and his pillion rider friend, whose name was given as Akeem Constancelly of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, had the accident with the car after it attempted to overtake another vehicle.

After the accident, the men were left lying on the road for some time before they were picked up and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where Allison was pronounced dead on arrival and Constancelly was admitted in a critical condition.

When this publication visited the home of the deceased yesterday, his mother was too distraught to speak, but close associates of the family confirmed that Allison had fathered two children, aged 2 and 5, and had, for several years, been working at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation as a Phlebotomist.

The driver of the car, allegedly a rice farmer, was up to late last evening still in police custody assisting with investigations into the matter.

Police sources confirmed that the man was not under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident, since a test carried out by ranks had provided a negative reading.

(Leroy Smith)