UPDATE: Driver, 71, in custody after fatally hitting Queenstown cyclist

Frank Anthony Ramsahoye, the 71-year-old driver of the motor car that fatally struck pedal-cyclist Garfield Brigdemohan along the Queenstown Public Road, Essequibo Coast on Friday night remains in police custody.

Ramsahoye, a Parika resident, was driving motorcar #PXX 9235, and according to the police, he was proceeding north along the road at a fast rate while Brigdemohan was riding in the same direction.

The driver of the car claimed that he suddenly saw a man on a bicycle riding who made ‘a sudden lean’ and collided with the front left side of his vehicle and further hit the windshield.

The pedal-cyclist fell onto the road surface where he received injuries about his body.

The victim was picked up by the driver in an unconscious condition and conveyed to the Suddie Public Hospital where he was seen and examined by a doctor on duty at Suddie Public Hospital who pronounced him dead.

The body is lying at the Suddie Public Hospital’s Mortuary, awaiting a Post-Mortem Examination.

The vehicle was lodged at the Suddie Police Station to be examined by a licensing and certifying officer.