Man, 63, dies in logging incident

Chris Hall, a 63-year-old logger and skidder operator of Grant Sand Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, died on Saturday after a tree branch struck him.

Police Headquarters reported that Hall was working at a logging concession located at 43 Miles, Mabura Road, when a falling tree branch struck him. He subsequently became motionless. The matter was reported to the Police, and ranks later visited the scene.

Hall was later transported to the Linden Hospital Complex, where he was examined and pronounced dead by a doctor on duty. The man’s body has since been taken to the Pensioners’ Mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Investigations are ongoing.

 

 

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