Engineer dies after falling four storeys

A 69-year-old engineer died yesterday after a four-storey fall at a construction site at Happy Acres, on the East Coast of Demerara.

In a statement, the Guyana Police Force said the accident that claimed the life of Keith Scipio, of Lot 12 Kissoon Scheme, Good Hope, occurred around 11.30 am at Lot 112-113 Happy Acres.

According to the police, investigations disclosed that Scipio left home and went to work at the construction site for a four-storey steel and concrete building, where he held a meeting with the workers on the fourth floor around 10.35 am.