Soldier drowns at jungle training school

18891 Private Darel Prince, a Corentyne resident, died by drowning at approx 1300 hours today at the Colonel Robert Mitchell Jungle and Amphibious Training School, a release from the Guyana Defence Force tonight said. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Bartica Hospital.

Private Prince was a member of the Junior Leaders Course that had travelled to the School to undergo training there, the release added.

A Board of Inquiry was convened and the team is expected to travel to the location today, the GDF said.