Worker dies, another injured in pit collapse at CJIA project site

A worker is dead and another is now hospitalised after a pit collapse at the site of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project.

Engineers Liu Li, who was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital, and Zhang Yixun, who is now an admitted patient at the facility, were working at the Timehri site for contractor China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC).

According to a press release from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure,