Girl killed by propeller at Ekereku

Raquel Joseph

Just five days after celebrating her 17th birthday, a young woman was killed last evening after she was struck by an airplane propeller.

Police yesterday reported that around 17:40 hrs  Raquel Joseph, died after she ended up in the path of the propeller of a single-engine Cessna 172 aircraft that had just landed at the Ekereku Airstrip, Cuyuni, Mazaruni.

The incident was also confirmed by Works Minister Robeson Benn who, in a GINA release, said that the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) had reported that a young woman had died after an incident involving herself and an aircraft. Benn said that a team from the