A Police Corporal who was hit by a speeding car on Thursday in Berbice has succumbed to injuries while receiving medical attention.
Regional Commander Shivpersaud Bacchus confirmed that Corporal Alden Reynolds passed away on Friday afternoon.
The 40-year-old Reynolds was on a bridge at Heatburn Village along with a colleague when a driver lost control of the car he was driving and crashed into them.
Dead, Police Corporal Alden Reynolds
Reynolds who was stationed at Whim Police Station and attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) was flung into the air and landed unconscious while Sergeant Javon Thomas 37, who is stationed at Rose Hall Police Station as the Station Sergeant was pinned under the car.
Both were taken to the New Amsterdam Hospital where Reynolds was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Hospital and later to a private hospital also in the city where he passed away.
Police had stated that the driver of the car HD 2816 was a 50-year-old taxi driver of First Street Edinburgh Village East Bank Berbice.
According to the police, the taxi was proceeding along the roadway at a fast rate of speed when the driver lost control and collided with the right-side rear portion of motor car PAC 4187 which was parked on the grass parapet.
The incident reportedly occurred in the presence of a medical doctor, who is attached to the New Amsterdam Hospital and whose husband is one of the police officers. Eyewitnesses say that Thomas ended up under the car while Reynolds was pitched into a trench.
Police say the driver was arrested and based on a breathalyzer test conducted, he was above the legal limit of alcohol consumption. Charges are expected to be instituted shortly.
