A 28-year-old man has lost his life after he allegedly drowned in a creek along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Sunday.
Dead: Kester Guillians
Dead is Kester Guillians of Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown. While the Police did not release any information about the incident, the late Kester Guillians’s brother, when contacted, recalled receiving a telephone call at about 15:00h on Sunday, informing him that his brother had drowned.
This brother related that Kester had been taken to the Diamond Hospital, but doctors had refused to “touch” his body until a family member arrived. Further, he explained that up to late Monday, Police have not properly updated the family on the matter. “All we are hearing is hearsay,” this brother has lamented.
Reports are that Kester Guillians had left home at around 14:00h on Sunday to go to the creek with friends.
Last January, 31-year-old Patrick Lord of Vive-La-Force, West Bank Demerara had reportedly drowned while swimming in the Kamakabra Creek at Ituni in Region 10.
It was reported that on the day in question, Lord, his brother Paul Lord, and their co-workers had gone to the Silicone Green Sawmill at Yarrowkabra, on the Soesdyke- Linden Highway. Later, they left for UNAMCO Road, Upper Berbice River, but stopped in Linden for fuel and food.
They reportedly arrived in Ituni and made another stop, at Rankin Shop to get supplies, where they also consumed some alcohol. On their journey, they made another stop at Kamakabra Creek, where they went for a swim.
The late Patrick Lord was reportedly swimming near a koker when he went under and never resurface. He was eventually pulled from under the water, but later succumbed.
