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Motorcyclist killed after driver reportedly ignored his tooting horn
– eyewitnesses recalled his final moments as he bled to death
Dead motorcyclist, Alex Amsterdam
Kaieteur News – A motorcyclist on Monday evening never made it back home from an errand as he was killed in a road accident along the Railway Embankment in the vicinity of Ogle on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD).
He has been identified as Alex Amsterdam, 22, a security guard of Sparendaam Squatting Area, ECD. According to information received by this media house, he crashed around 23:45hrs into the right side of a Toyota Allion motorcar at the intersection of the Ogle Access Road and the Railway Embankment, commonly known as “Line Top”.
Eyewitnesses, who witnessed the moment Amsterdam drew his last breath in a pool of blood, have alleged that his death was caused by the car’s driver who ignored Amsterdam’s tooting horn as he approached the intersection.
Speaking with Kaieteur News at the scene, Amsterdam’s father, Dexter Amsterdam, said that moments before the tragedy happened, his son had returned home after completing a double shift at his workplace and had gone out again to go on an errand.
“He just come home from working a double and left to go out on the road again to do something, not long after somebody come and show me a video and seh watch Alex get knack down,” recounted the dead man’s father.
It is assumed that Alex crashed while returning from that errand.
One eyewitness who was a passenger in a minibus at the time of the accident recalled, “He (Amsterdam) was coming up from UG side blowing he horn (from the direction of Georgetown).”
Other eyewitnesses who were also passengers in the bus said that their driver stopped at the intersection to let him pass but a car drove up beside them, stopped for a few seconds and then suddenly drove across the road. The next thing they heard was their driver saying, “y’all watch this” followed by a loud impact.
“All ah we rush out to see wah happen and when we reach out, we see the motorbike man lie down on his belly and bleeding away on the road,” an eyewitness recalled.
The eyewitness noted that Amsterdam was bleeding from a puncture wound to his throat and recalled that during his final moments, he appeared to be fighting to stay alive.
“He throat went puncture and he was bleeding but he was still breathing. He look up at everybody surrounding him and crawl to pull himself up by grabbing the handle of his motorbike but he ain’t make it, he lef’ right there and bleed out,” detailed the eyewitness.
Alex Amsterdam’s pregnant wife collecting his jewellery from police
Multiple eyewitnesses claimed that in a bid to save his life, they pleaded with the driver of the car to rush him to the hospital but the man refused to do so. They even alleged that it appeared as if the driver was under the influence of alcohol too.
“He say he waiting till police come and it look like he de drunk and all to, cause he come out he car staggering and was talking loudly,” alleged one of the eyewitnesses.
Eyewitnesses were forced to call an ambulance but by the time it arrived, Amsterdam reportedly died in front of them as the blood continued to gush from his wound.
Paramedics onboard the ambulance pronounced him dead at the scene and police carried out the necessary investigations.
Amsterdam’s relatives arrived shortly after and broke down into tears as they identified his remains to police.
One of them was his pregnant girlfriend, Kenisha Forde. In tears, the woman said that she and Amsterdam had been living together for three years now and are expecting their first child.
The last words she heard from Amsterdam in a cell phone conversation were “Baby, I working a double.” She was expecting to meet him home later that evening but when she got there, the news of his tragic demise greeted her.
Alex Amsterdam’s father, Dexter Amsterdam speaking with Kaieteur News on Monday evening.
Alex Amsterdam’s body lying on the roadway
As the police placed his body into their pick-up, they called her to collect his jewellery. One of the ranks placed the man’s bloodied chains into her hands and as she received them, Forde could not hold back the tears and sobbed as she clutched them close to her body. Police then arrested the driver of the car and drove off with Amsterdam’s body.
His father described him as a peaceful and willing man who had many friends. He said that the void Amsterdam’s death has left can never be filled thus he is calling on investigators to conduct a fair investigation so that justice is granted.
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