A DEPUTY Superintendent of Police, Dexter Brown, 37, lost his life early Sunday morning following a fatal car crash at Montrose Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD).
According to a police release, the accident occurred at around 01:20hrs. Reports indicate that Brown, a resident of Toucan Drive, South Ruimveldt Gardens, Georgetown, was at the wheel of motorcar PAG 6458, owned by a 30-year-old businesswoman from Ann’s Grove, ECD, when he allegedly lost control of the vehicle while driving at a high speed.

It is alleged that Brown was proceeding west along Montrose Public Road when he collided with a concrete bridge, causing the car to flip and submerge into a nearby trench.
Public-spirited citizens and police officers responded quickly, pulling Brown from the submerged vehicle.

He was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) but was pronounced dead on arrival.
The vehicle has been impounded at the Sparendaam Police Station for inspection by a licensing and certifying officer, while Brown’s body has been taken to the GPHC mortuary, where a post-mortem examination is pending. Investigations into the fatal crash are ongoing.
In October 2021, Brown was arrested after fleeing two police roadblocks on the East Coast Demerara.

At the time, police reported that Brown drove through a roadblock at Helena #2 Public Road and was subsequently pursued and intercepted at Lima Dam, Mahaica. A search of his vehicle reportedly uncovered 9.4 kilograms of cannabis sativa and two rounds of 9mm ammunition.