A Guyanese biker was on Monday evening killed while his friend is in a critical condition after the motorcycle on which they were travelling slammed into a garbage truck in Queens, New York.
Dead is Devendra “Joey” Deonarine, 30, formerly of Bloomfield Village, Corentyne, Berbice. The pillion rider was identified as Christopher Sansarran, also a Guyanese.
Reports on PIX 11 News reported that the two men were riding a 1986 Honda motorcycle at a fast rate of speed, going westbound on Liberty Avenue toward 157th Street. Police stated that the motorcycle struck a private sanitation truck as it was backing up in the vicinity of the location.
Both men were thrown from the motorcycle, sustaining severe body trauma. The injured men were taken to the Jamaica Hospital where Deonarine was pronounced dead on arrival.
His 23-year-old male friend remains in the hospital but critical. The report further stated that the NYPD Highway District’s Collision Investigation Squad is conducting an investigation into the accident.
Deonarine left Guyana about seven years ago where he got married and has one child.
