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Porter dies after truck topples on hill
from Kaieteur News
by GxMedia
Police ranks in Regional Division #7 are investigating an incident that occurred at about 00:30 hrs Sunday on Toroparo
Trail, CuyuniMazaruni,resultingin thedeathofa37-yearoldporter
The incident involvedatruckGYY 7764, owned and driven by Hubert Beharry, a 43-yearold Miner/Driver of #27 Village, West Coast Berbice, and Troy Alexander Davis, a 37-year-old Porter of Tabatinga Housing Scheme, Lethem.
According to police enquiries disclosed that the truck was proceeding east along the Northern side of
Toroparo Trail, descending a hill when the driver lost control of the motor lorry, which turned turtleseveraltimes.
As a result, the driver was flung out of the motor lorry onto the trail surface. At the same time, theporterwaspinnedbythe motor lorry onto the trail surface, where they both received injuries on their body The truck driver was picked up in a conscious condition.
