Porter dies after pinned by lorry on Toroparu trail

Police ranks in Regional Division #7 are investigating a fatal incident at about 00:30 today on the Toroparu Trail, Cuyuni-Mazaruni, where a 37-year-old porter died.

The incident involved a motor lorry GYY 7764, owned and driven by Hubert Beharry, a 43-year-old Miner/Driver of #27 Village, West Coast Berbice, and Troy Alexander Davis, a 37-year-old porter of Tabatinga Housing Scheme, Lethem.

Enquiries disclosed that the motor lorry GYY 7764 was proceeding East along the Northern side of Toroparu Trail, descending a hill when the driver lost control of the motor lorry, which turned turtle several times. As a result, the driver was flung out of the motor lorry onto the trail surface. At the same time, the porter was pinned by the motor lorry. Davis was later pronounced dead.