(Kaieteur News) – A well-known butcher of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice lost his life in a fatal accident at Black Bush Polder.

The accident occurred on Wednesday evening on the Mibicuri Public Road, Black Bush Polder, claiming the life of 27-year-old Jermaine Junior Smartt and leaving 14-year-old Swanti Culpepper, hospitalised.

Based on preliminary investigations, Smartt was riding his motorcycle # CP 1482, heading west along the road, while Culpepper, of Mibicuri South, Black Bush Polder, was proceeding east on his motorcycle, which, according to police reports, was without a functioning headlamp at the time.