Motorcycle mechanic killed in CBR crash

Nov 26, 2011 News

A man who was involved in two accidents in one day is now a patient of the Georgetown Public Hospital while his

Bheesham Singh

friend is now dead as a result of one of the accidents.
According to reports, 30-year-old Bheesham Singh, called ‘Fineman’ of Greenwich Park, East Bank Essequibo, was killed almost instantly after the motorcycle on which he was the pillion rider, crashed.
His friend, 26-year-old Ashram Tiwari, of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara, who was at the time riding the motorcycle, has since been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital with multiple injuries.
This publication was told that the two men were on a CBR motorcycle CD 8250 at Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo and were about to negotiate a turn when they lost control of the bike and crashed into a ditch.
The incident occurred around 23:15 hours. There are reports that both men were without helmets at the time of the accident.
The dead man’s sister, Nandanie Singh, told this publication that she received a call from her sister-in-law about 23:30 hours.
“He wife call me and tell me that he (Singh) went in an accident and we should go and check it out.”
The woman said that she herself and other relative raced down to Orangestein which is a village some six miles from where they live only to find her brother’s body all covered in mud and blood.
According to the dead man’s sister, when she arrived on the scene her brother had already appeared dead while persons had already taken Tiwari to the Leonora Cottage Hospital.
She added that it was the police who took her brother to the same hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The dead man’s wife, Shameeza Singh, said that she learnt of the tragic news from a police rank who called her from her husband’s

Ashram Tiwari

phone. The woman said that an hour prior to receiving the news she had spoken to her husband on his cellular phone.
“I call he at around 9:30 and he tell me he coming home just now. But one hour pass and he didn’t come home so I calling he phone and it ringing out.”
The woman related that a while after, she noticed her husband’s number calling her phone.
“When I see the number calling I was vex so I just answer and say look how long I calling your phone and you ain’t answering and the person hang up.”
She recalled that minutes later her phone rang again and a gentlemen identified himself as a police rank and asked her who she was to the owner of the phone.
“When I tell he that I is the wife he tell me there was an accident and that I should come and see what happened.”
Also, persons who last saw Singh alive said that he was at a mechanic shop when Tiwari collected him on the motorcycle. One relative said the last thing he heard was Tiwari telling Singh, “Boy, hold on tight”.
There are also reports that earlier in the night Tiwari was involved in another accident at Stewartville. This publication was told that Tiwari was performing ‘stunts’ on the road when his bike slammed into a passing car. The police were not summoned in that accident because Tiwari

Bheesham’s grieving widow, Shameeza Singh and their 7 year-old daughter.

promised the car driver to fix his car.
However when the driver of the car turned up at Tiwari’s home early yesterday morning for the money to fix his damaged car then he learnt about the accident.
Up to press time yesterday Tiwari was still a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital nursing a broken right leg and other injuries.

2 thoughts on “Motorcycle mechanic killed in CBR crash”

Karen November 26, 2011 at 2:27 am

I just dont think allot of people can handle riding CBRs on the roads of Guyana.There was a time in Guyana when people were afraid of riding or even sitting at the back of a CBR.As a matter of fact parents use to beg there sons not to purchase a bike like that because of the frequent deaths as a result of persons riding that sort of bike.
Lancelot Freitas November 26, 2011 at 7:32 am

when will people learn about these death machines? he didnt heed the early sign and now look he sent his friend home. though the small bikes are a cheap, fast and efficient means of transportation, i dont see y people have to buy the big ones. Guyana’a roads arnt build to accommodate the speeds those bikes come with.