Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred on Thursday 29th June, 2023 about 22:00 hrs on Nelson Mandela Avenue Georgetown in the vicinity of Space Gym. Dead Is 20-year-old Joshua Blackette of lot 568 Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown and a former employee of Luminous Automotive & Motors.
He was riding his motorcycle with his girlfriend, Natasha McKenzie, the pillion rider, when motorcar PNN 9458 driven by 40-year-old Marvin Williams of lot 249 Grove Squatting Area East Bank Demerara, collided with them.
The driver of the motor car stated that he observed the motorcycle proceeding south along the eastern driver lane of the said road at a fast rate when the motorcycle started to skid on its side from the eastern drive lane of the said road into his path and a collision occurred.
Blackette died on the spot while McKenzie was transported to the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was treated and sent away.
A breathalyzer test conducted on the driver of the motorcar found no trace of alcohol in his system. A Notice of Intended Prosecution was served to the driver of the motorcar as further investigations are ongoing.
