A tragic incident which occurred at Grant, Crabwood Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, resulted in the death of Ragunandan Singh, called ‘Roy’, a 47-year-old, Labourer residing at Lot 40 Grant 1803, Crabwood Creek, which occurred at about 08:30h on Friday, January 30.
According to information received from the deceased man’s mother, Eliza Dhanmattie Stewart, called ‘Liza’, a 78-year-old Pensioner, her son resided with her at the above-mentioned address.
At about 06:30h this morning, he left home for work. At around 08:30h, she was informed that he was breaking bricks from an abandoned house, a task he regularly undertook to crush and sell for use in neighbourhood yard construction.
It is suspected that while breaking a concrete wall, a solid piece of the concrete floor, approximately 10 feet by 12 feet in size, collapsed and pinned him to the ground.
As a result, he sustained multiple severe injuries, causing his body to be extensively broken.Upon arrival at the scene, Singh’s body was discovered motionless, slumped over with the described piece of concrete on top of him. Multiple injuries were observed.
The body was subsequently transported to the Skeldon Public Hospital, where it was examined by a doctor who pronounced Singh dead on arrival. The body is currently at the Skeldon Public Hospital Mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
