Wharf worker dies after artery severed in forklift accident

A 50-year-old foreman attached to John Fernandes Limited (JFL), Water Street died around 10 pm on Friday as he was about to go into surgery at the Georgetown Hospital after sustaining a broken leg when he was hit by a forklift at his workplace around midday on Friday.

Uland Cummings of Sisters Village, West Bank Demerara died from a severed artery as a result of the accident, the police have stated in a press release. Details surrounding the accident are sketchy but a