Prisoner officer succumbs in Homestretch accident

Dead: Chief Prison Officer Prince Cox

A Chief Prison Officer is now dead while three others, including two of his colleagues were injured after a motorcar and another vehicle collided along Homestretch Avenue yesterday morning.

Dead is Prince Cox, 38, of Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara.

The two injured prison officers have been identified as Leslie Thornhill, 22, of Nabaclis, ECD and Javon Hector, 27, of Canal No. 1 Polder, West Bank Demerara.