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.

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.