ON Tuesday, a 20-year-old motorcyclist succumbed to injuries he sustained following an accident at Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara (ECD) the day before.

Dead is Joel Sobers of Morning Glory Avenue, Melanie, ECD. He was riding motorcycle CK 1683.

Reports indicate that motorcar HC 5447 was proceeding east along the northern side of the Non Pareil ECD road followed by motorcar PPP 1210 while motorcycle CK 1683 was proceeding west along the southern side at an alleged fast rate of speed when the accident occurred.

Inquiries disclosed that the driver of motor car HC 5447 turned south across the road to a shop on the said road, when motorcycle CK 1683 collided with the left side rear of the car.

This resulted in the motorcyclist losing control and colliding into the right side front of motorcar PPP 1210. The collision caused the motorcyclist to fall onto the road surface.

Sobers received injuries to the head and other areas of the body. He was picked up by the driver of motor car HC 5447 and public-spirited citizens in an unconscious state and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was admitted.

Both drivers were taken into police custody and a breathalyser test showed they were not intoxicated.

Sobers never regained consciousness and died on Tuesday morning at the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital.

The body was taken to the mortuary and is awaiting an autopsy.