MIKEY Francisco, a 57-year-old farmer from Karasabai Village, died after an accident on Sunday, on the Shiwan Access Road, South Pakaraima District.

According to reports, the 57-year-old man, who, at the time, was operating a Brazilian registered motorcycle, NAR 8584, was returning home from his farm. The vehicle was not equipped with a headlamp. While in the vicinity of Shiwan Access Road, approaching the Shiwan Bridge, the man lost control of the cycle and collided with the bridge rail.

As a result of the collision, the man and the motorcycle fell off the bridge into the creek on some rocks, with the motorcycle landing on him and ‘pinning him down’.

At about 13:45 hours on Monday, relatives who went in search of the 57-year-old man found him in the creek in a motionless state with the motorcycle on both legs.

The man was picked up and taken to the Karasabai District Hospital, where he was examined by a medical practitioner, who immediately referred him to the Lethem Regional Hospital.

Francisco was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The man’s body is at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination as further investigations are underway.