Uitvlugt policewoman succumbs following accident on May 27

Joycelyn Elcock

A police inspector attached to the Leonora Police Station succumbed from injuries she sustained in an accident while returning home from the flag-raising ceremony on May 26 that had also claimed the life of another woman.

Joycelyn ‘Tessa’ Elcock, 54 of Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara was laid to rest last week with full military honours. The post-mortem results showed that she died from a fractured skull.

The minibus she was travelling in had collided with another minibus close to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DBH) around 2:15 am on May 27.