A cook died after being struck in the head by an excavator boom while it was being used to remove a fallen tree.
The deceased is 40-year-old Ricky Persaud, also known as ‘Swank’, of Lima Village, Essequibo Coast.
The police on Thursday stated that the man and a 34-year-old excavator operator of Friendship, Lower Pomeroon River, who are both employed with a mining company, were on Wednesday heading to their work site when they observed a fallen tree blocking the road. The two men were travelling in an excavator at Big Hope Backdam, Waini River, Region Seven.
