Bikers demand safer roads after death

Less than 48 hours after the death of 24-year-old Zidon Gooding in a motorcycle accident, a pothole in the area where the crash occurred has been freshly patched, but it has prompted an outcry from the head of a bikers’ club as well as people on social media.

The accident occurred on Rock Hall Road, St Philip, around 10:20 p.m. on Saturday. Gooding, of Parish Land, Christ Church, died after being taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

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On Rock Hall Road yesterday afternoon, the pothole had just been repaired and a crew from the Ministry of Transport and Works was seen patching another one nearby. Some people on social media had speculated that the motorcycle dropped into a pothole before the crash, with many stating the area had had potholes for some time.