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Teen motorcyclist dies after crashing into cow

Nov 14, 2015 News

Despite the best effort of law enforcement officers, road accidents continue on a regular basis on the roadways, claiming the lives Guyanese.
The latest causality is Romain Beharry, 18, of 679 Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme and an employee of the Nand Persaud Communication Centre (Blue Sky), an International call Centre situated at Tain, Corentyne, Berbice.
According to information, the teen a former student of the New Amsterdam Multilateral School, was on his way home from work around 19:30 hrs on his motor cycle CH2940. He was reportedly in the vicinity of Don Robin, East Coast Berbice when he allegedly collided with a cow.
He was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Sources reported that the East Coast (No.19) Berbice road is bereft of street lights.  Residents usually loose their cows and other animals to roam wildly on the dark stretch of road. Numerous accidents have occurred on that stretch of road which is considered the longest straight road in the Caribbean.
The body is at the New Amsterdam Hospital Mortuary awaiting a post mortem examination.
Beharry leaves to mourn his parents and siblings, many relatives and friends.
Investigations are ongoing.

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