Teen electrocuted at Two Friends ‘fair’

Zephene Pollard

A teenager was electrocuted while on a merry-go-round during a fair at Two Friends, East Coast Demerara yesterday.

Dead is Dexter Marshall, 13, called ‘Scrappy’ of Two Friends/Ann’s Grove. Reports are that the second form student of the Lancaster Com-munity High School was on the ride shortly after mid-night yesterday when an exposed wire electrocuted him. He was taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he was officially pronounced dead.

The police said that the matter is being investigated and the results of an autopsy, scheduled for Wednesday, are being awaited. In a statement, the police said that initial investigations revealed that at