One cyclist is dead while another was admitted a patient at the Lethem Hospital following a head-on collision on Saturday evening at South Central Rupununi, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo).
Dead is 31-year-old Ben Aguilar of Rupunau Village, South Central Rupununi, while the injured man has been identified as 25-year-old Baldwin Wilson, also of South Rupununi.
Based on reports received, at about 14:30h on the day in question at Rupunau Church yard, South Central Rupununi, Wilson and Aguilar were riding separate motorcycles at a fast rate of speed when they collided head-on.
As a result of the collision, both riders fell onto the ground and sustained injuries about their bodies.
Wilson was picked up and taken to the Lethem Regional Hospital where he was examined by a doctor on duty and admitted a patient in the male ward.
Aguilar, on the other hand, who was presumed dead by family members, was taken home to be buried. Upon receiving a report of the family’s intentions, a team of Police ranks visited the family’s house where they were told that Aguilar was already buried in a wooden box.
The body was, nevertheless, exhumed and transported to the Lethem Regional Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead by a doctor on duty. The police are continuing their investigations.
