Police Sergeant Ronaldo Brummel, age 25, died in an accident at about 12:30 hrs this morning (Saturday) on the public road at Montrose, East Coast Demerara.
The accident involved a White Premio motor car (Registration #PNN 3100), owned by Winston Clifton and driven at the time by Ravin Singh, a 27-year-old Montrose resident, and a Black Honda motorcycle (#CM 9530) owned and driven by Brummel, a 25-year-old Police Sergeant stationed at Traffic Headquarters and attached to the Commissioner of Police Secretariat.
Police disclosed that the car driver was proceeding East on the northern carriageway when he made a ‘U-Turn’ West and collided with the motorcycle, which was proceeding on the southern carriageway.
As a result of the collision, the motorcyclist fell onto the road surface and received injuries on his body. Brummel was picked up in an unconscious state by public-spirited citizens, placed in a Force vehicle and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he was seen, examined by a doctor on duty and pronounced dead on arrival.
The driver is in custody, assisting with the investigation.
