GDF Lieutenant dies in accident, three officers hurt

Guyana Defence Force Lieutenant Ronald Gonsalves, succumbed following injuries sustained in a vehicular accident on Mandela Avenue earlier this afternoon, a release from the GDF said.

Three other Officers, Lieutenant (CG) John Flores, Lieutenant Antonio Eastman, and Lieutenant Rickford Warden were also seriously injured in the accident but their conditions are reported to be stable, the GDF said.

The GDF and the Guyana Police Force are probing the circumstances of the accident.

Lieutenant Gonsalves leaves to mourn his wife, two children.