‘E’ Division (Upper Demerara- Upper Berbice) has recorded its second fatality for 2018, after a motorcycle slammed into a hire car on Tuesday.

Dead is 37-year-old Florenda Benjamin of Canvas City, Wismar, Linden. He was at the time riding his motorcycle CJ 1644 and proceeding south along the eastern side of Sir David Rose Avenue, Mackenzie, Linden. Reports indicate that around 16:30hrs, motor car HC 6299 was proceeding north along the same road when it overtook another car and collided with Benjamin. Benjamin’s battered body was flung some distance away from the motorcycle. He was rushed to the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) where he was pronounced dead.

Driver of the motor car, 31- year- old Michael Stewart of Cinderilla City, Linden, and passengers Leinana Ally, Emily Ally and Mary Fraser of Cinderilla City, Linden, were all rushed to the LHC where they were seen and examined by a doctor and were subsequently sent home. Investigations are ongoing. Eyewitnesses said that the accident occurred quickly and it is hard to determine who is wrong.

“You remember that turn is a deep turn at Pitman corner and apparently the man overtake and this bike man was pacing coming through and they crash into each other,” the eye witness said. While the motorbike was totally mangled, the car was only damaged to its front bonnet. Eyewitnesses related that only last week a motorcycle collided with a Tundra truck at the same location, however, no one had died. In the past, several accidents occurred at the same location, given the depth of the turn.