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Boy, 17, killed in CBR crash
– relatives had pleaded with him not to ride bike
A 17-year-old boy was killed on the spot around 23:10 hrs on Tuesday night near Craig, East Bank Demerara, after he crashed the new CBR motorbike that his relatives had pleaded with him not to ride.
Mike Anthony Beepat, of 42 Soesdyke, and his 15-year-old cousin, Shivnarine Persaud, had sneaked off to see Beepat’s girlfriend.
Dead: Michael Beepat
They were returning from the joyride when they slammed headlong into an oncoming pickup near Craig, East Bank Demerara.
Beepat died from massive head injuries, while Persaud, also of Soesdyke, sustained fractures to his right arm and right leg. He has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.
The driver of the pickup, who is reportedly from Berbice, has been detained.
Relatives said that Beepat’s mother, popular Soesdyke businesswoman Patsy Beepat, had bought the motorcycle for him just four days ago. But she was apprehensive about him riding the CBR on the main roads and had locked the bike away.
Police said that Beepat and Persaud were negotiating a turn on the motorcycle, CD 7488, when they ended up in the lane of an approaching pickup, GMM 394.
Beepat bore the brunt of the impact and was killed instantly.
His body remained on the roadway for more than an hour while weeping relatives converged on the scene.
His grief-stricken mother lay on the roadway near her dead son until a hearse eventually arrived to remove his body. Michael Beepat was the youngest of three children and his parents’ only son.
Mrs. Beepat, the manager of Patsy Beepat Food Court at the Soesdyke junctiion, described her son as a hardworking individual who sometimes worked late into the morning in the family’s store.
He was also a former student of the Brickdam Business School and Camille’s Business Institute.
Mrs. Beepat said that she had always tried to provide her hard-working son with the best. “He didn’t drink or smoke…and I wanted the best for him.”
On Saturday last, some of Michael’s friends brought a Kawasaki CBR to his home. A relative said that the family purchased the bike, and she later accompanied Michael to acquire his licence.
But she said that the motorcycle had to undergo some repairs before it could be ridden. Mrs. Beepat said that she was apprehensive about her son riding the large motorcycle on the roadways and suggested that he only use it on the Timehri racing circuit.
The mangled CBR
She said that on Tuesday night, the family worked in their store until 23:00 hrs. They then closed the premises and locked the motorcycle away.
However, her son somehow opened the building and collected the motorcycle. The youth and his cousin, Shivnarine Persaud, then reportedly headed for the home of Michael’s girlfriend. Persaud told Kaieteur News that Michael told him that the motorcycle had been repaired and asked Persaud to go for a ride with him.
But he said that he had no recollection of the accident. “All I can remember is somebody lifting me out of a drain and putting me into a vehicle.”
Mrs. Persaud said that some time after 23:00 hrs, someone called to inform them about the tragedy.
“Somebody call to ask if Mike got a blue bike and we must come (to the scene) and when I go I see my son lie down dead,” she sobbed.
“This gun be a dim world for me.”
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