A 16-year-old boy was killed yesterday afternoon after he was struck by a car that was allegedly driven by a prison officer along the Cotton Tree Public Road, West Coast Berbice.
Dead is Luke Holder John, of Lot 208 Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, who was a Fourth Form student of the Bush Lot Secondary School.
After being hit, Holder was rushed to the Fort Wellington Hospital, which later transferred him to the New Amsterdam Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Traffic Chief Deon Moore confirmed to Stabroek News that the prison officer, who is