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Acting director of the Island Traffic Authority Road Safety Unit, Jody-Jay Todd, is warning motorcyclists to desist from practising stunts on main roads, following a viral video showing a motorcyclist crashing into another vehicle.

Police reports are that at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, Roshorn Miller, also known as 'Corey', from Hope Bay, Portland, died after he tried to perform a stunt along the St Margaret's Bay main road. Based on the video circulating on social media, the 21-year-old was trying to do a 'wheelie', but lost control of the bike and crashed into a white Nissan Caravan motor vehicle. He was then taken to the hospital by a taxi operator, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

"It broke me when I saw that video," Todd said, adding that "it is unfortunate to see another young man lose his life due to careless stunt riding."

"I'm sure they (Miller's family) had a lot of plans. I'm sure he had a lot of plans, future plans and because of that stunt another life is lost," she added.

According to the Road Safety Unit, 135 motorcyclists died in road crashes in 2023 [statistics up to January 1, 2024], accounting for 32 per cent of all fatal crashes. As a result, Todd urges motorcyclists to recognise how dangerous stunt riding can be.

"As much as they have events for stunt riding, it doesn't matter whether or not they wear the safety devices because as you can see he [Miller] had on his helmet but it didn't prevent a fatality," Todd said. "Even if they're at the events, in parking lots, anything can happen."

However, she still encourages motorcyclists to be cautious if they choose to do stunt riding, not only to protect themselves from harm but their families from grief.

"My encouragement is to practise safe riding, reduce the stunts. We're losing a lot of male motorcyclists from motorcycle crashes and it's sad to see a family lose another one," Todd said, adding that other motorcyclists need to learn from Miller's mistake.

"It was a reckless decision, and young men need to stop making these reckless decisions and think about the future, think about your families," Todd warned.