Builder saws open thigh, bleeds to death

A 19-year-old construction worker bled to death yesterday afternoon at Bartica after an electrical saw, which he was operating, cut open his right thigh.

According to reports emanating from Bartica, Mohammed Nafeez Jummah of 47 Middle Section, Essequibo was building a shed for Mohammed Kassim at Seventh Avenue, Bartica when the incident occurred some time between 4.30 pm and 5 pm.