THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Coast Guard Unit soldier, Wayne Paul, 23, whose body was found floating in the creek opposite Splashmin’s, along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway earlier this week, died from a fractured spine.

That was reported after a post mortem examination was performed on the corpse at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), in the presence of Army Pathologist, Dr. Deen.
Paul had been in the company of eight other friends enjoying themselves when he took the fatal plunge and failed to surface.
But his companions felt he was playing a prank because he was a good swimmer. However, after he was taken out of the deep, he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Diamond Hospital, East Bank Demerara.
The autopsy established that Paul suffered a fracture of the spine in his upper back, when he plunged because he is a very heavy individual.
It is believed that there was a 50/50 chance of him surviving if he had been removed immediately after he was seen in the water.
Dismissed speculations
Paul’s mother, Angela Worrel, speaking to the Guyana Chronicle, dismissed speculations in the social media that her son may have committed suicide.
She said some people claimed reports of him plunging from a bridge about 20 feet high are false, because her son was not that stupid to jump from such a height into shallow water.
The woman also said her only child is loved by all his family and his friends and would not take his own life.
He leaves to mourn a two-year-old son, as well.