Nine cane harvesters hospitalised

Seriously injured: From left are Garfield Park Jr, Vickram Mangal and Devendra Balkarran

A lorry transporting 59 cane harvesters toppled into a sideline drain yesterday at Albion, Corentyne, leaving nine of them hospitalized.

Those hospitalized are Premnauth Rawana, 58, Vickram Mangal, 34 , Fizal Ghanie, 41, Ramdass Mooklall, 48, all of Port Mourant; Risham Seeram, 44, Goberdand VinKoya, 29, Devendra Balkarran, 29 all of Whim and Colin Vandam Moore, 23, and Garfield Park Jr, 21, both from Lancaster. Balkarran, Mangal and Park sustained serious injuries to their heads and backs.

In a press statement, the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s Albion/Port Mourant estate said that the