A Police Officer attached to the Brickdam Police Station died after the minibus he was driving skid off the road and slammed into a fence of an East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident’s home in the wee hours of Friday.
Dead is Special Lance Corporal 14790 Ashwell Jackman of B Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Traffic Chief Dion Moore confirmed that the accident occurred sometime around 03:15h on Friday morning.
At the time of the accident, Jackman was the lone occupant in the minibus, bearing number plates PTT 8504 and registered to the Guyana Police Force.
Guyana Times understands that the accident occurred in the vicinity of the Vigilance Police Station.
Police investigations disclosed that Jackman, who was proceeding West along the northern side of Vigilance Public Road, lost control and collided first with a lantern pole and then into a fence on the southern side of the road.
The unconscious officer was pulled from the wreckage and rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The Traffic Chief had related to this newspaper earlier in the day that the officer sustained severe head injuries.
Lance Corporal Jackman joined the Guyana Police Force in 2014. He was stationed at the Brickdam Police Station and attached to the Force’s Mess.
This accident occurred shortly after a Route 44 minibus transporting passengers crashed into a culvert at Montrose, East Coast Demerara, and ended up on its side also early Friday morning.
That minibus was reportedly speeding along the East Coast road and overtook a line of vehicles. While the driver attempted to get back into his lane, the minibus was clipped by another motor car, causing the minibus to slam into the culvert before flipping to its side.
The trapped passengers were rescued by fire fighters who were on their way to Georgetown after putting out a blaze at a Coldigen, ECD, home. The firemen had to cut the minibus open to free the trapped occupants.
Several passengers, including the driver of the minibus, were rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital where they were admitted.
