It took authorities more than ten hours to retrieve the body of a man who was pinned beneath a vehicle following an accident along the Ituni trail in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice).
The accident occurred at around 16:00hrs on Monday but the victim’s body was retrieved from the site at around 02:30hrs on Tuesday, according to the police.
The victim has been identified as 31-year-old Rodwell Peters who was the driver of an articulated vehicle at the time of the accident.
There was another occupant of the vehicle, Damian Fraser, a porter, who sustained injuries.
Police said the vehicle was descending a hill along the trail but was speeding as it approached a bend in the road, causing the driver to lose control.
As a result, the vehicle toppled and Peters became pinned under it.
Fraser, who received injuries, was picked up and taken to the Linden Hospital Complex, where he was admitted as a patient.
When Peters body was eventually retrieved, it was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
