Policeman dies following Heathburn accident

Police Corporal Alden Reynolds yesterday afternoon succumbed to injuries sustained in an accident along the East Bank Berbice Public Road on Thursday.

Reynolds, 40, of Sandvoort Village, West Canje Berbice; and Police Sergeant, Javon Thomas, 37, of Fort Ordnance Housing Scheme, were at Heathburn when they were struck.

The men were rushed to the New Amsterdam Public Hospital and then later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Stabroek News was told that Reynolds, who sustained massive head injuries, succumbed just around 4 pm.