GT&T worker electrocuted

A Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) employee was electrocuted this afternoon while working on the East Coast Demerara (ECD).

GT&T Public Relations Officer Allison Parker confirmed that the employee was electrocuted this afternoon while executing his duties at Vryheid’s Lust.

Stabroek News learned that Vijai Gaznabbi was on a pole carrying out repairs to a line when the incident occurred around 1.45 pm.

Gaznabbi died shortly after arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.