Policeman dies after road accident in Cunupia

A POLICEMAN has died from injuries he suffered in an accident on Saturday.

A police press release confirmed the death of PC Renard Ganga. It said on Saturday evening, PC Ganga was driving north along the Southern Main Road in Cunupia when his vehicle came into contact with the rear bumper of a black Toyota car, which made  Ganga collide head-on with a grey Nissan Tiida.

Ganga was taken by ambulance to the Chaguanas Health Centre , where he was stabilised and transferred to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. The release said he died at 11 pm on Saturday.

He  enlisted in the police on October 1, 2019 and since then had been based at the motorcycle section of the Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch.

Ganga, 24, of Chin Chin Road, Cunupia, leaves to mourn his mother Nisha Ganga, father Ramdeo Ganga, brothers Jerome Dwarika, Roland and Remington Ganga, sisters Natalia and Naomi Ganga and his fiancé Saleena Deolal.

Dwarika described his brother as ambitious, free-spirited, loving, caring and happy.

"He was always there to help and he would put a smile on anyone’s face. He had a great sense of humour,” he said.

Head of Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch Snr Supt Wayne Mystar said Ganga’s death was a tremendous loss to the police service and the Traffic and Highway Patrol Branch.

"We extend condolences to his family and friends," Mystar said as he described Ganga as an officer full of energy and ambition who always sought to further develop himself.

Ganga had applied to become a prisons officer and was granted leave last week to prepare to enter into the Prisons Service on Monday, the press release said. Acting Police Commissioner Gary Griffith, the release said, also offered condolences to Ganga's family, friends and colleagues.