…denies being rider of motorcycle in fatal Sisters Village crash

A POLICE constable attached to the ‘C’ Division is presently under close arrest and is expected to appear before a magistrate in the new week, charged for a number of offences ranging from dangerous driving, to causing death and fleeing from an accident scene.

Orin Parris turned himself over to the police on Thursday afternoon, after reports surfaced that he was the rider of a motorcycle which was involved in a fatal accident at Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara on Wednesday.

The rider of the bike had reportedly lost control while navigating a turn and skidded under the wheel of a moving truck, which resulted in 19-year-old pillion rider, John Walcott’s head being crushed. He died on the spot.

The Guyana Chronicle was informed that police have evidence which indicates that the constable was the rider of the bike at the time of the accident. The constable has since denied those claims. Further, the truck driver did, from the inception, note that there were two persons on the motorcycle at the time of the crash and that when the motorcycle crashed, the now dead man was not the one riding.

Persons close to the embattled constable explained that he told them that while he rides the very motorcycle, he was not riding at the time of the accident. He said that he and his friend were doing some amount of riding and that they were taking turns in riding the motorcycle.

On Wednesday, persons indicated that the motorcycle was said to be moving at a fast rate of speed when the rider ended up in the path of the truck.