Twenty-eight-year-old Leroy Hercules, a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) rank, is now dead while another person is injured following an accident that occurred on Plum Park Farms Field Access Road, ‘E’ Field Sophia on Monday evening.
The accident involved motorcycle CG 9908 that was driven by a resident of Plum Park, Sophia and motorbike CJ 7787 that was driven by Hercules.
It was reported that both the Sophia resident and Hercules were speeding in opposite directions, when Hercules collided with the other motorcyclist.
As a result, both of the men fell onto the roadway, where they sustained injuries about their bodies. They were both picked up by public-spirited persons and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where Hercules was pronounced dead.
The other person was admitted as a patient. Investigations are ongoing.
