TWO youngsters on a motorcycle have reportedly died following an accident late Saturday night involving the motorcycle they were riding and a jeep in the vicinity of Ogle, on the lower East Coast.

Dead are 20-year-old Jason Harris, who was riding the motorcycle, CJ 6360, and his 18-year-old friend and pillion rider, Rameshwar Singh.

According to the police, as reported by the Stabroek News, the accident occurred around 23:20hrs and involved motor jeep PGG 8844, which was being driven east along the northern carriageway of the Ogle Public Road.

Eyewitnesses reportedly told the police that upon approaching the intersection at the Ogle Access Road, the driver of the jeep was about to turn right, when the motorcycle which was travelling west along the public road, ran into it.
Both Harris and Singh who were reportedly knocked off the motorcycle and fell unconscious onto the roadway, were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), but died early Sunday morning.

While a breathalyser test was done on the driver, and no alcohol was detected, he is currently in police custody assisting with the investigation.