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– hours after discharge from hospitalScores of residents living at Hope Village, East Bank Demerara, lined the roadway yesterday to view the body of 53-year-old Godwin Adolph, aka “Papa” hours after the man’s motorcycle slammed into the back of a disused lorry.Reports are that Adolph was riding his motorcycle heading towards Timehri when he crashed. This was around 06:30 hrs yesterday.According to an eyewitness, she was in her yard when she noticed the man on his motorcycle approaching a nearby lumber yard.The lorry into which his motocycle slammed was stationary at the front of the yard. She told Kaieteur News that Adolph was not riding at a fast pace but ended up slamming into the back of the old lorry.Godwin Adolph lies dead under the truckHe never got up.“All I saw is that he was riding coming and lash into the back of this deserted, old truck here. It didn’t have any car coming to him. It wasn’t to say he overtake because no other vehicle was on the road. I don’t know if he fall asleep or get heart attack or stroke on the bike and that caused him to end up like this,” said the young woman.An employee of the lumber yard stated that he became aware of the situation upon his arrival at work.The man was known to some of the villagers who would see him frequently passing on the road almost at the same time as that when the incident took place.Though he did not witness the incident, the man did say that persons were of the opinion that Adolph fell asleep on the motorcycle.“We don’t really know what happened but when me and others came here this morning we see this unfortunate incident. Some think he was speeding but the people who saw the accident said he wasn’t so the only other thing we think, is that he fall asleep. It wasn’t raining, dark or anything to have blurred his vision,” he said.When Kaieteur News arrived at the scene, there were no police ranks present, and this caused a commotion among some villagers. They explained that they had telephoned the police since the incident occurred.Another villager said that a police rank did visit the scene, however; he spent less than two minutes there and went into a nearby shop where he spent a long time.Over two hours had passed and the body was still on the grass.Meanwhile, at the man’s residence at lot 7 Laing Avenue, West Ruimveldt, yesterday afternoon, Adolph’s wife and family members were being consoled by church members.The distraught wife stated that she last saw her husband of 13 years when she left for work early that morning.  Her husband was home.She became aware of his demise later in the day when two members of her church visited her to “break the news”.“Two brothers came and wanted to speak with me and like they didn’t know how to tell me about it. They finally told me he was in an accident and I learnt he was no longer alive. He was a nice, loving man. You can ask all the neighbours and church friends, they are all here.”Kaieteur News was further told that Adolph was admitted to the hospital on Friday, last, to undergo surgery.He was supposed to be released yesterday; however, he had an early release and arrived at his home on Tuesday night.According to his wife, Adolph told her that he was going to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) early yesterday to treat an abscess he had on his side.He returned home shortly after. “He said the line there was too long and would go to the Diamond Hospital for dressing. He also asked me for $5,000 so that he could get something done for a brother from our church. I really don’t know what he was doing up that side where the accident occurred,” she added.This newspaper understands that Adolph was self employed. He was a former employee of the Humphrey’s Bakery.He leaves to mourn his wife and seven children.Some of the dead man’s neighbours and his family were upset at the fact that there was an old lorry parked on the roadway.They feel that this should not have been so and that law enforcement officers should look into the matter.“I don’t know why people have parked trailers and trucks on the roadways but it will never change. These things especially lorry/ truck don’t have lights or anything to reflect and should not be there. If that parked truck wasn’t there then my husband would still have been alive today,” the wife lamented.  (Kristen Macklingam)