A 26-year-old St. George?s man killed in a road accident on North Shore Road last night was believed to have been returning from a funeral and wake for teenager Derick Paynter Jr. who died in a motorcycle crash a week ago today.

Eyewitness tried to save the life of the motorcyclist after he was in collision with a turning car at the entrance to Terceira?s gas station in Devonshire.

The victim, the sixth road fatality on Bermuda?s roads this year and the second within a week, is thought to be a talented St. George?s Cup Match cricket player.

He was travelling west when his bike and a grey Ingis Suzuki car travelling east and turning into the gas station collided.

Police were last night withholding the victim?s name until his next of kin had been informed.

Eyewitnesses Aden DeSilva and Aisha Jorden were pulling in to the gas station at a second entrance at the time of the crash and saw the bike approach from the east seconds before the crash.

Ms Jorden said she saw the rider ?fly over the top of the car? and land in bushes on the other side of the road.

?I jumped out of the car and phoned for an ambulance to come,? she said.

Together with an off-duty ambulance paramedic who was on another motorbike, she rushed to the injured, semi-conscious motorcyclist and helped to give CPR heart resuscitation to the victim. She had learned the technique as part of her training with The Bermuda Regiment.

She said: ?I tried to talk to him. He was moaning a little.?

Ms Jorden said it appeared the grey Suzuki car involved in the collision was attempting to enter the gas station while a taxi was preparing to leave from the same entrance and exit point at the time of the accident, which happened around 8.45 p.m.

Bermuda Police Service spokesman Dwayne Caines said: ?It appears a 26-year-old St. George?s man was travelling west on North Shore Road when he was involved in a collision with a grey Ingis Suzuki car that was turning into the Terceira?s gas station.

?As a result the motorcyclist was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. No other information will be given out until next of kin have been notified.?

A week ago today Derick Paynter Jr. became the fifth road fatality of the year when his motorbike and a truck were involved in a collision on Mullet Bay Road, St. George?s. His funeral service was held yesterday at the New Testament Church of God in St. David?s.