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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday May 5, 2015
Former WBA World Welterweight Champion Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis dies in accident
By Leroy Smith ANDREW Lewis, 44 years, popularly known as ‘Six Head’, was killed yesterday afternoon at Friendship, East Bank Demerara, after he was knocked off his pedal cycle by a dark grey Toyota Premio motorcar, PNN 596, that was approaching from behind. According to information, ‘Six Head’ was heading to a roadside water coconut stall at Friendship where he regularly goes to chat with
friends. A friend of the former local celebrity told the media yesterday that she saw him earlier in the morning and then he left to go on the road at Friendship to the coconut stall. The woman said that she was awaiting his return into the village as she wanted to speak with him but then she received a call that he was involved in an accident. According to the woman, when she got the news she rushed to the location but
‘Six Head’ had already been taken to the Diamond Hospital and she then informed his relatives who are based in Georgetown. The woman told the media that when she arrived at the hospital she was informed that he was dead. She requested to see him and noticed that he had injuries to the head, feet and hands. Shortly after, family members, friends and associates of the former boxer champion travelled from the city to Diamond, East
Family and friends wheel the body out of the Diamond Hospital Compound believing that he was still alive as they sought to transport him to the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Lindener granted $75,000 bail on larceny charge ORLANDO Forde of Lot 19 Industrial Area, Linden appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a break-and-enter charge which detailed that between March 2 and 3, at Industrial Area, Linden, he broke and entered the business place of Bibi Ameena and stole a variety of snacks valued at $30,000. Police prosecutor Shawn Gonsalves related that on March 3, at about 19:00 hrs, the victim secured her shop and departed. On her return on March 4, she discovered the snacks missing, and the matter was reported to the police. The prosecutor opposed bail on ground of the seriousness and prevalence of the offence, but his objections were overruled and Forde was granted $75,000 bail. Statements were ordered to be filed, and the matter was transferred to the Linden Magistrate’s Court for May 19.
Bank Demerara where they stormed the hospital compound, comforting each other while expressing anxiety in seeing the body of the man. One woman even went close to the body after he was pronounced dead at the hospital and claimed that she heard him breathing and that he was still alive. The woman spread that information with those present at the hospital and pandemonium broke out. Relatives began pushing their way into the hospital and overpowering the staff of the facility. The relatives demanded that the health workers there move the man
from the Diamond Hospital and take him to Georgetown Public Hospital for what they considered ‘proper medical attention’. After the staff declined, persons forcefully took possession of the body, wheeled it out of the hospital on a stretcher and placed it in the back of a Fielder Wagon which sped off to the Georgetown Public Hospital. The situation there was no different as doctors at that facility also pronounced the man dead. When asked why they thought the man was still alive, a relative explained that after two hours had elapsed since the man had
been in the hospital, his body was not stiff and was still warm. Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis in 2001 became the first Guyanese to return home with a World Championship title from a boxing match outside of Guyana. Upon his return the Government of Guyana and the private sector chipped in and rewarded the man for placing Guyana on the world map of sports. A police press statement yesterday stated that Lewis, while riding his cycle, attempted to cross the road without looking back and ended up in the path of the car.
A friend of ‘Six Head’ Lewis comforts three of his daughters at the hospital yesterday afternoon
The motorcar that struck Andrew ‘Six Head’ off his cycle.