{"id":148389,"date":"2022-03-22T07:43:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=148389"},"modified":"2022-03-22T07:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:43:02","slug":"memorial-event-planned-for-motorcyclist-killed-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/memorial-event-planned-for-motorcyclist-killed-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial event planned for motorcyclist killed on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OBSERVER Newsco: Plans have been set in motion to honour the life of a man who took his last ride during a motorcycle meet on Sunday.<\/p>

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Antigua and Barbuda recorded its fourth road fatality for 2022 when Shane \u2018Yellowman\u2019 Wellcome was pronounced dead on the scene after he collided with a lamppost in the Bethesda area.<\/p>\n

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He suffered multiple injuries including several broken bones.<\/p>

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Onlookers believe more than 20 motorcycles were driving around on the country\u2019s roads, and many remarked that some riders were not wearing the proper protective gear such as a helmet.<\/p>

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President of 268 Bikers, Phil Skepple, who called the incident \u201ctragic\u201d and \u201cunfortunate\u201d, said that he has been in contact with family members in the hope of organising a candlelight vigil to remember the group\u2019s longstanding member.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just spoke with his mom, the aunt, the girlfriend, I just spoke to everybody just now. We haven\u2019t narrowed down what exactly we\u2019re going to do, but I can tell you we are in the stage of planning something.<\/p>

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