A 26-year-old male pedal cyclist died on the Rosignol Public Road, West Bank Berbice, in the wee hours of Thursday after being involved in a collision with a motor car.

Dead is Lildar Jaggernauth of 81, Murphy Dam, Rosignol, who was said to be a porter.
Relatives said that Jaggernauth, a father of one, had left his home on his bicycle around 18:30hrs on Wednesday, saying he was going to buy a phone card from a nearby shop.
He, however, did not return home soon after as was expected. They became aware that something was amiss after he had not returned home, and it was past midnight. It was around 01:00hr on Thursday they said that they were contacted by police who informed them that the man had been involved in a collision with a motor car and had died on the spot.

Meanwhile, reports about the manner in which the accident happened were sketchy due to the paucity of witnesses on the road which is usually deserted at that time of the night.
A relative said that he was told that Jaggernauth had been under the influence of alcohol at the time and may have fallen on to the roadway, causing the collision with the motor car. The driver of the vehicle, PLL 7562, was taken into police custody. Investigations into the accident were ongoing up to late yesterday afternoon.