16-yr-old rock guitarist dies in motorcycle crash at Eccles

(Kaieteur News) – A 16-year-old musician, Vitor Leca-De Alencar of Green Acres, East Bank Demerara, died on Wednesday afternoon after the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a lamp pole on Eccles Access Road, East Bank Demerara.

Dead, Rock guitarist, Vitor Leca-De- Alencar

According to the police, the accident occurred around 16:00 hrs and involved motorcycle CL 5461, which was being driven by Alencar.

Initial enquiries revealed that the motorcycle was proceeding west along the southern carriageway of Eccles Access Road (Dumpsite Road), reportedly at a fast rate of speed, when Alencar lost control while negotiating a right bend and collided with a lamp pole on the median separating the two carriageways.

As a result of the collision, Alencar fell onto the road surface and sustained injuries to his head and other parts of his body.

Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) were summoned to the scene, where Alencar was examined and pronounced dead by a doctor. His body was taken to Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, for a post-mortem examination.

Source: Kaieteur News