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Cyclist crushed to death after collision with truck
(Kaieteur News) – A pedal cyclist was tragically killed on Thursday afternoon after colliding with a truck at the intersection of Lamaha Street and Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.
Pedal cyclist pronounced dead at the scene.
The truck involved in the accident with the deceased’s bicycle under the vehicle.
The man’s identity remains unknown. According to eyewitnesses, the truck had been waiting at the traffic light. When the light turned green, the driver proceeded, reportedly unaware that the cyclist was crossing his path. The truck struck the cyclist, dragging his bicycle beneath the vehicle.
One witness explained, “The truck driver didn’t see him; when the light says go the truck man done come across and he turn same time so he think the road clear but when she screamed he panicked. The man done turn with the bicycle,” she said.
At the gruesome scene, the man’s organs, were scattered across the area. The man’s bicycle was seen crumpled underneath the truck. Emergency responders arrived promptly, but the man had already died. An investigation into the fatal accident has been launched.
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