A 30-year-old member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was in the wee hours of Sunday killed after he reportedly crashed his brother’s car at Little Diamond Public Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD). Dead is Ishmael Cort of North East Grove, EBD.
Investigations revealed that on Saturday evening at about 23:30h, Keyah Cort, the owner of the motorcar bearing registration number PAD 8961 parked the vehicle and went to bed.
However, at about 03:05h, on Sunday morning, he was informed that his vehicle was involved in an accident along the Little Diamond Public Road.
He immediately made checks for his vehicle and it was then he observed that it was missing. Without hesitation, he went to the scene and upon arriving there, he saw his damaged vehicle on the roadway.
At that time, he was informed that the driver, his brother, had collided with the culvert and was taken out of the vehicle in an unconscious state, and rushed to the Diamond Regional Hospital.
The driver, Ishmael Cort, was examined and treated but was subsequently transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
