A 16-year-old motorcyclist lost his life and his 21-year-old pillion rider is hospitalised in a critical condition following an accident on the Friendship Public Road in Wakenaam on Tuesday night.
Dead is Ameer Khan of Belle Plaine, Wakenaam. Vikash Singh of Hubu, Parika, East Bank Essequibo, is currently a patient at the Wakenaam Regional Hospital and his condition is listed as critical.

Reports are that the accident occurred around 21:45hrs and involved motor tractor TM 17151 with trailer TMM 509 driven by a 63-year-old man of Free and Easy, Wakenaam Island and the motorcycle.

According to information reaching this publication, the tractor with the trailer attached was being driven north on the western side of the roadway, while the motorcycle was proceeding south along the eastern side of the said road, allegedly at a fast rate of speed when the driver lost control causing the front portion of the motor cycle to collide with the right side rear wheel of the trailer.

As a result of the collision, Khan and his friend fell into a nearby trench on the northern side of the said road and received several injuries to their heads and about their bodies.
The teen and the pillion rider were both picked up by public-spirited persons and taken to the Wakenaam Public Hospital where they were initially treated.
Khan was subsequently transferred to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The body is presently at the Ezekiel Funeral Parlour awaiting an autopsy.

FOND MEMORIES
When this publication spoke with Mohamed Kamal Khan, he said he was still trying to come to grips with the tragic news.
He said that when he received the telephone call about the accident his body became numb. He last saw his child hours earlier when they played cricket together.

“I went and I took my son out from a trench and rushed him at the hospital. His head mashed up; his brain was out. He was really injured,” Khan related.
The grief-stricken man said his son was spending time with his grandmother who is visiting from Trinidad.

He said that the teen who is his eldest son did not get to write any CSEC examinations. According to him, his son recently met Singh and they became friends.
The father said that he and his wife Reshma Persaud are trying to cope with the tragic loss.
The tractor driver is currently in police custody assisting with investigations.