A motorcyclist was killed yesterday afternoon after he lost control of his trail bike and hit a lamp pole, police said.
The victim, who was identified by his parents as Ometri Ferguson, 21, was riding along Baha Mar Boulevard, toward Gladstone Road.
Head of the Traffic Division Superintendent Craig Stubbs said no other vehicle was involved in the crash.
"From our understanding, he is an employee of Sandals Resort," Stubbs said.
"He just left [and] was headed home when he lost control of his cycle and collided with the utility pole."
Ferguson's relatives and friends gathered on the scene and consoled one another.
His mother, Kayla Ferguson, said she received a call shortly after the accident happened.
She was also upset because officers refused to allow her to see her son's body.
Ferguson said she waited on the outside of the police tape for more than an hour and a half hoping to see him.
"The officer just ran us back like we are dogs," she said.
Several of Ferguson's other relatives were also angry because they were unable to view his body.
His co-workers said he just got the bike yesterday and was excited to ride it home.
The traffic fatality is the second for the year and came nearly a week after a man in his late 50s was killed in a hit and run accident on Carmichael Road.
The victim, a resident of Rocky Pines subdivision, was struck at the intersection of Golden Isles Road and Carmichael Road by a dark colored vehicle traveling east, police said.
Stubbs said the man was dragged well over 1,000 feet.
His body was found in the road near a Scotiabank branch, Stubbs said.

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