Corporal of Police, Sherwin Denny, 40, of 70 Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, was killed in a fatal accident at Sara Johanna, East Bank Demerara, yesterday.
It was reported that he died on the spot after he was pulled from the vehicle, which ended up in a trench upon impact.
According to eyewitnesses, Sherwin Denny and his friend Patrick (only name given) was in a 4×4 frontier vehicle, with Patrick at the wheel, heading up the East Bank Highway when a speeding car came up from behind their vehicle and rammed it off the road.
Denny received severe head injuries and was bleeding profusely when he was taken out the mangled vehicle. Patrick escaped with minor injuries.
The duo was rushed to the Diamond Diagnostic Centre, East Bank Demerara, where Denny was pronounced dead on arrival.
His bloodied body, wrapped in a sheet, was placed in a hearse and conveyed to the Lyken Funeral Parlour.
At the hospital, scores of friends and relatives had gathered upon receiving the news, including Denny’s wife of ten years, Samantha Denny, who at the time of the accident was in another vehicle ahead of the vehicle her husband was travelling in.
She was inconsolable yesterday, and erupted in loud sobs as relatives tried to comfort her.
At Denny’s house last night, his Mom, Rachel Denny, was too distraught to speak, while other relatives said that the policeman arrived home on Friday to spend time with his family for the weekend.
Denny is stationed at the Bartica Police Station and would return home every two weeks.
He had left home at about 15:00 hrs with his wife and a group of friends for an East Bank destination. About two hours after he was dead.
Police said the driver of the  motorcar is in custody at the Timehri Police Station, pending investigations.
Denny, a policeman for about 10 years, has a 17-year-old daughter who resides in Antigua.