A 45-year-old man is now dead after the truck in which he was travelling, toppled downhill along the Potaro Road on Monday afternoon.
Dead is Kurt Ferreira, a porter of Swan, Soesdyke/Linden Highway.
The driver of the truck, 50-year-old Bramroop Raganauth, of South East Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara, suffered injuries about his body.
Police said the lorry was proceeding at a fast rate of speed and whilst descending a hill, the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to topple.
The two men were picked up in conscious conditions and taken to a hospital where the driver was admitted a patient but the porter pronounced dead on arrival.
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