Berbice cop dies after crashing into escaped psych patient

Khrystama Yasin

A Police Constable died yesterday morning at the New Amsterdam Hospital, hours after he crashed into an escaped psychiatric patient along the Borlam Public Road, East Coast Berbice.

Dead is Police Constable 22155, Khrystama Yasin, 23, of Lot 34 Vryheid, West Canje, Berbice, who had been riding home on his motorcycle after 11pm on Thursday, when the accident occurred.

According to Commander of ‘B’ Division Ian Amsterdam, Yasin, who was stationed at the Whim Police Station, was proceeding west along the southern carriageway of the Borlam Public Road when