Road fatality identified as Zidon Gooding

Barbados Royal Police Force has formally identified the victim of a late Saturday night road fatality as 24-year-old Zidon Gooding, a resident of Parish Land in the Christ Church parish. The tragic incident unfolded shortly after 10:20 p.m. along Rock Hall Road in the St Philip district, as the motorcycle Gooding was riding on as a pillion passenger travelled in the direction of Grantley Adams International Airport. For reasons yet to be confirmed by law enforcement, Gooding lost his balance and was ejected from the moving two-wheeled vehicle. Emergency medical crews dispatched to the scene immediately transported the injured young man via ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the island’s leading acute care facility, where medical teams were unable to save him, and he was pronounced dead a short time after arrival. Local police have launched a full ongoing probe into the exact circumstances that led to the fatal fall, and are urging any members of the public who witnessed the incident, or who hold relevant information that could assist with the investigation, to reach out to officers at District ‘C’ Police Station at the contact number 416-8200, with full anonymity available for those who wish to share details privately.