Police ranks in Regional Division #7 are investigating a fatal incident at about 00:30 hrs Sunday on Toroparo Trail, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, where a 37-year-old Porter lost his life.
The incident involved a motor lorry GYY 7764, owned and driven by Hubert Beharry, a 43-year-old Miner/Driver of #27 Village, West Coast Berbice, and Troy Alexander Davis, a 37-year-old Porter of Tabatinga Housing Scheme, Lethem.
Enquiries disclosed that the motor lorry GYY 7764 was proceeding East along the Northern side of Toroparo Trail, descending a hill when the driver lost control of the motor lorry, which turned turtle several times. As a result, the driver was flung out of the motor lorry onto the trail surface. At the same time, the porter was pinned by the motor lorry onto the trail surface, where they both received injuries on their body.
The lorry driver was picked up in a conscious condition. In contrast, the porter was picked up in an unconscious state by public-spirited persons and conveyed to the Pappy show landing. They were seen and examined by a Medic on duty, who treated and sent away the driver for minor abrasion and laceration about the head and body. The porter, Troy Alexander Davis, was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post-mortem examination is to be conducted on the body.
The lorry driver is in custody, assisting with the ongoing investigation. (Police release)
