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One dead, another critical as motorcycle slams into bus

Aug 29, 2009 News

Forty –five year-old Steve Abel, of 85 North Melanie, East Coast Demerara, succumbed to massive head injuries early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Abel was involved in motorcycle accident on Thursday evening at the junction of Camp and Lamaha Streets.
Kaieteur News understands that Abel and pillion rider Luke Fordyce, 18, of Lot 67 South Sophia were proceeding along Lamaha Street when their motorcycle collided with a route 44 minibus.
Fordyce received injuries to the head and lacerations to the body. Up to press time he was in an unconscious state in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.
According to eyewitnesses, Abel’s motorcycle slammed into the back of the minibus and the two persons were thrown some distance.
They were both rushed to the Georgetown Hospital, where Abel died while receiving medical attention.
Two other passengers from the minibus – Trevon Rocke of Lot 126 Melanie Damishana and Hilary Henry 48 of Lot 43 Haslington – received minor injuries.
When this newspaper visited Abel’s home at Melanie Damishana, neighbours seemed surprised about the accident.
One neigbhour told this newspaper that Abel lived alone and kept to himself.
Kaieteur News was unable to locate any of the man’s relatives to solicit a comment.

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