Police in Regional Division One (Barima-Waini) have launched an investigation into the death of an unidentified man of Amerindian descent, who died after a falling tree branch hit him.
Reports are that the unidentified man was killed at 42 Miles Backdam, North West District, on Monday.
Police said enquiries revealed that the now deceased man was employed with a dredging operation owned by a 34-year-old businesswoman residing at Falls Top, NWD, and they were establishing a mining operation at 42 Miles Backdam.
According to another employee at the operation, at about 08:30h on Monday, he, along with his co-worker, were clearing an area to set up a camp when a limb broke from a tree, fell and hit the now deceased man in his chest, causing him to receive injuries.
The eyewitness told Police that he sought assistance from his boss, who placed the man in a car and escorted him to Port Kaituma District Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor.
The Police were informed, and detectives examined the deceased’s body and observed abrasions to the chest area.
The body was photographed and placed in the Port Kaituma District Hospital’s Mortuary for identification and a post-mortem examination. An investigation has been launched.
