GDF airlifts teen injured by tree branch at Kuribrong

GDF personnel assist in removing the injured Mark Gonzales from the helicopter. Helicopter commander Major Courtney Byrne is at extreme right. (Photo courtesy of the GDF)

A young man, who was injured when a tree branch fell on his head as he was conducting surveying works in the interior, was yesterday medivaced to the city by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF).

According to a press release from the GDF, the injured Mark Gonzales, 18, was transported from Kuribrong to the city, where he is now a patient at the Woodlands Hospital.

The GDF said it received a call sometime around 2pm from JAPARTS, the company which subcontracted the