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Another woman jumps to death from Harbour Bridge
Just a month after 34-year-old Felicia Hussein plunged to her death from the Demerara Harbour Bridge, another woman has committed suicide in the same way.
Eyewitnesses said that the second woman, who is still unidentified, jumped off the bridge at around 15.30 hrs yesterday, in the vicinity of the retractor span, just as a policewoman was trying to stop her from taking the fatal plunge.
Her body was recovered about an hour later near the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard wharf at Ruimveldt.
The victim is of African ancestry, has weaves in her hair, and was wearing a coloured striped jersey under a brown long-sleeved shirt. The victim, who appears to be in her late forties, was also wearing a pair of black tights.
Security staff recalled seeing the woman crossing the bridge from the western side shortly before plunging into the Demerara River.
General Manager of the DHB, Rawlston Adams looks on as a staffer monitors the bridge’s security cameras shortly after the tragedy
General Manager of the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation, Rawlston Adams, told Kaieteur News that police ranks stationed at the bridge received an anonymous call, at around 15.30 hrs, that a woman was standing at the edge of the bridge in the vicinity of the retractor span. There are no rails in that area.
“We got a call saying a woman is standing on the bridge at Span Eleven on the southern side and the word was ‘she looks like she wants to commit suicide,’ so immediately we sent out the security,” Adams said.
Another official said that a policewoman immediately rushed to the area in a vehicle. Kaieteur News was told that on arriving at the scene, the rank saw the woman clutching a bag and standing at the edge of the structure.
According to this source, the rank called out to the woman, who turned to look at the policewoman, before jumping overboard.
“When she noticed the corporal, she jumped off the bridge, Adams said.
“At that point we made the necessary contact with the Marine Police, Providence, and the police on the West Coast Demerara.
“The police came and took a statement from the corporal who went on the scene of the incident. As of now, we are running the cameras to see if we can identify the person going on the bridge and from which end.”
Do you know this woman? The still-unidentified victim
Ranks from the Police Marine Branch at Ruimveldt scoured the waters for the victim, before finding her at GDF Coast Guard wharf at Ruimveldt base.
It was on December 24, last, that 34-year-old Felicia Hussein climbed onto the rails of the Demerara Harbour Bridge and jumped into the deep waters. Her lifeless body was recovered some 45 minutes later.
Hussein’s sister, Gwendolyn Lowden, who identified the body the following day, said that her sister, who lived with her mother at Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara, had been battling with mental illness.
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