Soldier dies after Soesdyke crash

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Lance Corporal died yesterday morning after he lost control of an army vehicle and crashed into a parked truck along the Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara public road.

Quee Brotherson 24, of ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, succumbed at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, where he was rushed for treatment by public-spirited citizens.

Another soldier, who was in the vehicle, was seen by an army doctor at Base Camp Stephenson, at Timehri and was treated and discharged.