Speeding motorcyclist dies after crashing into concrete drain

Eon Howard, a 48-year-old resident of ‘B’ Field Sophia, Georgetown died just after midnight Saturday after he crashed into a concrete drain on the eastern side of High Street, Werk-en- Rust, Georgetown.

According to a police report, the man was speeding south on High Street on motorcycle CK 7303 when he lost control and ended up in a concrete drain located on the eastern side of the road.

As a result, Howard was pinned by his motorcycle. Later, he was assisted out of the drain by public spirited citizens but was subsequently pronounced dead at the accident scene by a doctor from the Emergency Medical Service Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

His body has been taken to Memorial Funeral Home, awaiting post mortem examination with dissection.