Pouderoyen boy dies after Goed Fortuin crash

Dead: Jamal Archer, 15

By Desilon Daniels

A 15-year-old Pouderoyen boy is dead following an early morning accident at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara yesterday and responding officers are now under fire after they allegedly failed to render immediate assistance to him despite a quick response.

Jamal Archer, of Public Road, Pouderoyen, was fatally injured as he made his way home at about 3am from a night of revelry in Georgetown. The boy, who would have turned 16 on Sunday, had been out drinking with three other friends.

According to the police, the vehicle in which Archer was travelling was proceeding along the roadway, allegedly at a fast rate,