Former Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant Colonel, attorney and CEO of COPS Guyana security service Gregory Gaskin has died as a result of a biking accident at the South Dakota Circuit.

He was 64.

His wife, Noreen Gaskin, told reporters that her husband might have suffered a blackout and fell down with his bike while negotiating a turn on the race track. The front of his helmet was broken.

She said the blackout might have been caused by the heat, leather suit and enclosed helmet. She said her husband was rushed to the St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital in an alert and conscious conditon. However, his condition deteriorated and she later learnt that his ribs broke and punctured a lung.

His lung was filled with fluid and his abdomen became swollen. Efforts to revive Gaskin, an asthmatic, eventually failed and plans to perform surgery failed.

A COPS Guyana clerk, who was at the Gaskins residence, said "He was a generpus guy. If you don't have a job, he would find one and give you."

He was a practising lawyer since 2004. Gaskin is survived by his wife and two children.