Police on the West Bank of Demerara are investigating a fatal accident which occurred yesterday evening on the Canal #2 Polder Public Road.
Dead is motor cyclist Neil Nunes, 47 years old. At the time of the accident, Nunes and his pillion rider 35-year-old Nichola Garnette were heading in the opposite direction to the car they collided with. The two according to the police lived at 81 Belle West Canal #2 Polder.
The Police in a press statement said that the car bearing license plate number PVV 1097 was driven by a 30-year-old from Belle West also on the West Bank Demerara.
Both Nunes and Garnette sustained multiple injuries which saw them being transferred from the West Demerara Regional Hospital to the Georgetown Public Hospital but Nunes succumbed to his injuries at the GPHC.
The Police said that the driver passed his Breathalyzer test but remained in custody to assist with the investigation.