Latest update January 18th, 2025 7:00 AM
Breaking news! Superbike rider dies in drag racing accident
The rider a Yamaha superbike died early this morning in a gruesome accident at the Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Berbice while drag racing with another.
Dead is Jarvis de Freitas of Theatre Alley, who is said to be a seaman.
According to information de Freitas was drinking at a Beer garden at Cumberland, East Canje when they decided to indulge in a drag race with another biker. The men took off at a terrific speed and de Freitas was unable to properly negotiate the treacherous Canje turn. His bike literally flew between two lamp posts, jumped a drain, crashed through a fence, ripped apart a wooden shed before coming to rest at the back of a Chinese Restaurant, with the rider nearby.
The man’s mangled body was picked up and rushed to the New Amsterdam hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
There were blood and body parts all over the scene where several persons had gathered following the crash.
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