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Fire Officer perishes in Berbice crash
Linden Mc Calmon, a 47-year-old Senior Fire Officer, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Fort Wellington Hospital in the wee hours of yesterday morning, following an accident on the Bath Settlement Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
According to a police media release last evening, the accident which occurred at about 00:30hrs yesterday also resulted in the injuries of 56-year-old Keith Bond, a resident of Grove Housing Scheme on the East Bank
Fire Officer Linden Mc Calmon
of Demerara (EBD).
The police said that the two men were occupants of a motor car, when the driver lost control and crashed into a utility pole. The driver, a relative, is in police custody assisting with the investigations.
Ellen Mentore, Mc Calmon’s aunt, told Kaieteur News that the Linden resident was visiting his home village of Hopetown with his friend (Bond) to attend the annual Soiree which is held to usher in the Emancipation Day celebrations.
The woman explained that she last saw her nephew at around 19:00hrs on Wednesday night in the company of her son. Mc Calmon left to go to Ithaca which is a few villages away, the woman said.
She suspects that Mc Calmon was returning to her home in Hopetown when he met his demise. The man has no children, and his wife is said to be overseas.
When contacted last evening, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle said that Mc Calmon’s death has shocked and devastated the entire Fire Service. He explained that Mc Calmon was stationed at the Central Headquarters in Georgetown, and was the Officer in charge of the Stores Department.
Mc Calmon’s death has followed two separate accidents involving his colleagues. On Wednesday last, two fire tenders, one at Diamond Housing Scheme, EBD, and another at Linden met with accidents. Fortunately, there were no fatalities.
Mc Calmon’s death comes as a second tragedy not only to the Guyana Fire Service, but also to his family. His nephew died two weeks ago in a tragic accident in the United States of America.
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