Truck crushes cyclist on Mahaicony Branch Road
Dead: Deonarine Lalchand
Dead: Deonarine Lalchand

A SIXTY-EIGHT-year-old cyclist was crushed to death by a rice truck on the Wash Clothes, Mahaicony Branch Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) on Tuesday.
Dead is Deonarine Lalchand of Wash Clothes, Mahaicony Branch Road, ECD.

The truck was being driven by a 25-year-old resident of Woodley Park, West Coast Berbice. The driver is in police custody assisting with the investigation.
Reports indicate that the truck was proceeding south along the eastern side of the said road when it is alleged that while in the process of passing the pedal cyclist who was proceeding in the said direction, the cyclist suddenly swerved (to avoid a pool of water) into the path of the lorry.

This police said, caused the driver to take evasive action by pulling to the western parapet to avoid a collision. However, despite his efforts, the left rear wheel collided with the pedal cyclist which resulted in him falling onto the roadway where the said wheel ran over him and caused multiple injuries to his head and body.
The cyclist was picked up in an unconscious state and taken to the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty who pronounced him dead.

The body is currently at Anthony’s Funeral Home awaiting autopsy.

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