Stanleytown man drowns after riding into conservancy

Patrick Sugrim

A Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara man is now dead, after he allegedly rode into the Canal No. 2 Conservancy on Wednesday.

Dead is Patrick Sugrim, 53, of 84 Stanleytown, whose body was fished out of the Conservancy on Thursday morning. His relatives had initially suspected foul play but a post-mortem examination performed on the body yesterday revealed that Sugrim drowned.

According to Sugrim’s wife Khemraji, her husband, an employee of the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA), arrived home from work and around 3pm he stated that he