Wortmanville man dies during creek outing

Kester Guilliams

Kester Guilliams, a 28-year-old man of Lot 61 Bent Street, Wortmanville, Georgetown, allegedly drowned during a creek outing with friends on Sunday at about 16.19 hours, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway.

According to the police, their enquiries disclosed that Guilliams and some of his friends went to the creek, where they consumed alcohol and socialized. At about 15.30 hours, Guilliams left to swim in the water. Shortly after, the friends received information that someone was encountering difficulties in the water and had disappeared.