A Port Kaituma miner was killed yesterday morning after the walls of a mining pit he was working in at an Arakaka backdam location, caved in on him.
Dead is Errol Bennett age 38. His body was later transported to the Port Kaituma morgue where a post-mortem examination will be done.
His brother Hector related that a workmate told him that around 9:45 am “mud fell on him and covered him”.
He said that Bennett and his workmate used a small pump to remove water from the pit. After that exercise was completed, the workmate decided to check on the persons working in a nearby pit.
According to Bennett before the workmate could have reached the other pit he saw water “spilling up” and immediately knew that something was wrong. The workmate recounted that by the time he arrived back
