A supervisor attached to the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry’s training centre at Kuru Kuru, Soesdyke/Linden Highway was killed after the car in which she was travelling slammed into a parked lumber truck on Sunday evening in the vicinity of Marudi resort.
The dead dormitory supervisor was identified as Jasmin Norton, 22, formerly of Moruca, North West District. She had been employed at the training centre for the past two years.
According to information received, the woman was the front-seat passenger of a taxi and was heading to Georgetown when the driver who was allegedly travelling at a fast pace slammed into the protruding ends of the timber in the truck.
The truck, Guyana Times International understands, suffered a blowout and the driver was in the process of changing the wheel when the accident occurred. The woman’s face was disfigured, since she received the blunt of the impact.
She reportedly died on the spot. The drivers of both vehicles were taken into police custody but the truck driver was subsequently released on station bail. The driver of the car is expected to be charged for the woman’s death.
Sadly missed
Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry Permanent Secretary Alfred King expressed his condolences to Norton’s family, noting that her parents were dead and she was living with her grandmother in Moruca.
He confirmed that she joined the ministry in 2012 and had been attached to the Kuru Kuru Training Centre as a dormitory supervisor. King said whenever persons of the ministry pass, it leaves a dent especially when they played a major role in carrying out the ministry’s work programme.
He said he was in a meeting on Monday morning when he heard of the young woman’s death. She will be missed by all, particularly the students at the training centre.
