Guyanese construction worker falls to death in T&T

A Guyanese man fell to his death on Thursday while working on a house in California, Trinidad and Tobago.

The deceased was identified as Junior Sammy, who had been staying at Charles Street, Gasparillo, the Trinidad Express reported. According to a police report, Sammy and four other employees of Stephen Babwah Contracting Services of Couva were working at a house at LP# 2 Phoenix Park Road, the report said.

Police said at around 11 am, Sammy was standing on scaffolding raised some 14 feet from where he fell to the ground, it added.

The report said employees contacted paramedics but Sammy, who appeared to have head injuries, could not be revived.