Fatal accident cop reportedly commits suicide

RELATIVES of Police Constable Oswin Argyle of Supply, Mahaica on the East of Coast Demerara are trying to come to grips with his sudden death which comes days after he crashed a car killing Keiolla Thomas, at Bee Hive, a village also an ECD.

The Guyana Chronicle on Tuesday spoke with Andrea Jackson, the mother of the dead policeman, who disclosed that she returned from work on Monday and was making supper when she received a call from a policewoman informing that her son fell down at work and was vomiting, and that she should visit the hospital. The woman said when she went there she saw her son briefly, but opted to come out from the room as she could no longer bear to watch his condition. Shortly after she was told that he passed away.

The mother said that her son was never suicidal and she is at a lost as to what really happened to him. In fact, on Monday afternoon, he reportedly visited his mother’s home but she was not there, however, based on the other interactions he had with other relatives he appeared to be in very high in spirits up to the time he left the village.

Asked what time he left home, relatives said it was after 17:00hrs. They further indicated that it would take the longest about 15 minutes for a person to catch a bus out of the area, as buses run very frequently in the community and especially at that time of the day.

Argyle reportedly never reached the Vigilance Police Station until sometime close to 21:00hours, which is inconsistent with the normal time to travel from Supply Mahaica to the Vigilance. Relatives estimated the time of travel between Supply and Vigilance to about 30 minutes. So far, however, the police are treating the death as a suicide. A post- mortem is expected to be conducted today.

On October 29, Argyle and a female companion were in a car that crashed along the Bee Hive public road. That crash claimed the life of the 27-year-old married woman, whom Argyle’s mother confirmed he was having an affair with, and for which she had spoken to him on several occasions to desist as the woman had her husband and he, himself, has his reputed wife.

The vehicle they were in was heading east when the driver lost control and crashed into a utility pole before coming to a halt in trench. The female companion died on the spot. Argyle subsequently told police ranks and his relatives that it was the woman who was driving. However, one of the first responders who spoke with this newspaper on Tuesday, and who pulled the policeman out of the vehicle, confirmed that it was the cop who was driving at the time of the crash and that he was the person who was removed from the driver’s seat.

Over at the home of relatives of the dead woman, they too said it was the woman who was driving. They have since indicated that the burial for her will take place next weekend after a wake which relatives are expected to hold in the United States. The young lady was expected to travel back to the US, the day following the accident.

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