A 36-year-old Chief Prison Officer is now dead after crashing into a sand heap along the Melanie Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), on Monday night.

Dead is Patrick Perry of Victoria Road, Plaisance, ECD attached to the Guyana Prison Service and based at Prison Headquarters, Georgetown.

According to police, Perry was proceeding West along the southern side of Melanie Public Road at a fast rate of speed, and he lost control of the vehicle PAC 6465 when negotiating a left bend on the road.

As a result, the vehicle collided with a heap of sand on the southern parapet and toppled several times.

“The driver was flung out of the vehicle and landed on the road surface, where he received injuries on his body. He was seen and examined by the Emergency Medical Team (EMT) at Melanie, where he was pronounced dead,” police noted in a press release.

His body was escorted to the Georgetown Public Hospital’s mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Sergeant Stewart and a party of police ranks, as well as the Acting Director of Prison, Nicklon Elliot, visited the scene at about 00:10 hours Tuesday morning as the investigation continued.