GDF Lance Corporal killed by drunken motorcyclist in Lethem

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Guyana Defence Force Band Corps’ Lance Corporal Devon Fraser was on Wednesday morning killed after a drunken motorcyclist struck him from behind while he was walking along the Lethem Public Road in Region Nine.

Dead: GDF Lance
Corporal Devon Fraser

Based on reports received, the 28-year-old Fraser, of Lot 48 Goedverwagting Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara, was with a colleague when the motorcyclist, who was riding at a fast rate, collided with him. As a result of the impact, the motorcyclist also sustained injuries to his body.
Both Fraser and the motorcyclist were taken to the Lethem Hospital to receive medical treatment; but Fraser was pronounced dead on arrival, while the 39-year-old cyclist, of Central Lethem, was admitted a patient at the medical facility.
He was tested and found to be above the legal limit of alcohol consumption.
Tiana Fraser, the late Devon Fraser’s sister, told this newspaper that the family received the news of her brother’s demise at about 07:00h on Wednesday.
“Someone called us and informed us about the accident, and that my brother (had) died… Shortly after, officials from the Guyana Defence Force contacted the family and related that he had passed as a result of the injuries he sustained following the accident,” she detailed.
She explained that arrangements are being made for the body to be transported to the airport at Ogle to facilitate a post-mortem in the city. However, she could not give additional information about the accident. “We were only told that he died after a drunken man struck him from behind while riding a motorcycle,” she explained.
She related that her brother had joined the Guyana Defence Force about 12 years ago, and had been stationed at Camp Ayanganna in the city, but had travelled up to Lethem to participate in an event there.
The father of one had been expecting his second child in a few months. He leaves to mourn his wife, one-year-old son, mother, and five siblings. The Police have launched an investigation into the fatal accident.

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