Corentyne crash victims identified as soldier, friends

Quacy Lewis

The three persons who died after the crash along the Whim Public Road on Sunday night have been identified as a Guyana Defence Force soldier and two of his friends. 

Dead are Quacy Antonio Adolphus Lewis, 21, a member of the Guyana Defence Force, of Springlands, Upper Corentyne; Jessica Leitch, also known as ‘Jessie,’ 21, of Rose Hall Town, Corentyne; and Reon Moriah, 25, of Lot 8 Circle Street, Corriverton, who all suffered fatal injuries after the car in which they were travelling crashed into a lorry that was in the process of parking.

Police Constable Simon Alder, 21, of Corriverton, who was driving the car, PWW 582, in which the three deceased were passengers, sustained minor injuries about his body.