GPL worker injured as rotting pole falls with him

Keagon Sampson at the GPH yesterday.

A Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) worker is nursing a broken arm for Christmas, after he fell with a rotting electricity pole on Wednesday, at Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, Berbice.

Keagon Sampson, 23, of Lot 14 Third Street, Manchester, Berbice, told Stabroek News that he broke his arm when he fell with the 25-foot pole into a neighboring yard.

The injured man said all he remembers is being on the pole at 2.30 pm and that minutes after