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Forty –five year-old Steve Abel,Chris Paul Team USA Jersey, of 85 North Melanie,Tracy Mcgrady Raptors Jersey, East Coast Demerara,Elfrid Payton Magic Jersey, succumbed to massive head injuries early yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital.Abel was involved in motorcycle accident on Thursday evening at the junction of Camp and Lamaha Streets.Kaieteur News understands that Abel and pillion rider Luke Fordyce,Allen Iverson Team USA Jersey, 18,Chris Mullin Team USA Jersey, of Lot 67 South Sophia were proceeding along Lamaha Street when their motorcycle collided with a route 44 minibus.Fordyce received injuries to the head and lacerations to the body. Up to press time he was in an unconscious state in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital.According to eyewitnesses,Juwan Howard Wizards Jersey, Abel’s motorcycle slammed into the back of the minibus and the two persons were thrown some distance.They were both rushed to the Georgetown Hospital,Ramon Sessions Wizards Jersey, where Abel died while receiving medical attention.Two other passengers from the minibus – Trevon Rocke of Lot 126 Melanie Damishana and Hilary Henry 48 of Lot 43 Haslington – received minor injuries.When this newspaper visited Abel’s home at Melanie Damishana,Christian Laettner Team USA Jersey, neighbours seemed surprised about the accident.One neigbhour told this newspaper that Abel lived alone and kept to himself.Kaieteur News was unable to locate any of the man’s relatives to solicit a comment. |
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