Cop dies in Leguan smash-up 

A POLICE constable was on Saturday killed when a motorcycle crashed into his on the Success Public Road, Leguan, Essequibo Island.
Dead is Police Constable 23238 Shaqiel Woolford, 20,who was  attached to the Leguan Police Station and of 12 Catherine, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara.
Enquiries disclosed that Constable Woolford was proceeding east along the road on Motorcycle CH1860 when another motorcycle  CH4564,driven by a 44-year-old Phoenix, Leguan resident, rode out of a yard from a northernly direction into the path of the policeman and they collided.

As a result of the impact Constable Woolford fell and suffered injuries to his face and head.
He was rushed to the Leguan Cottage Hospital in a conscious state where he was treated and referred to the West Demerara Regional Hospital but succumbed on his way to that institution.
The body is at the Ezekiel Funeral Home awaiting a post Mortem.
The other motorcyclist is in custody.

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