Outgoing passenger dies after seizure

27-year-old Michelle Bristol of Diamond New Housing Scheme died last evening after collapsing at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

Bristol who was an intended passenger on Caribbean Airlines’ outgoing flight 526 to JFK, New York is reported to have collapsed at the airport after suffering what appears to be a seizure as she went through the body scanner.

After the young woman collapsed she was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre where she was pronounced dead on arrival. A post-mortem examination has been requested.

Sources told Stabroek News that Bristol who is a US citizen returned to Guyana to take her daughter to live with her.