Baracara lumberjack killed by falling tree branch

Ernon Amsterdam

A father of three died on Monday afternoon, after the branch of a tree he had just felled landed on his head, in the Three Sisters Backdam, in Canje River.

Dead is Ernon Amster-dam, 30, of Baracara, Canje River, who died while his co-workers were taking him to seek medical attention.

Brentnol, a relative of the deceased, told Stabroek News via telephone that around 3:30, Amsterdam and another man, Herman Thompson, were felling a tree when the fatal accident occurred. As the tree was about to fall to