Police in Regional Division Three disclosed to the media that a fatal incident occurred Wednesday night about 07:30hrs on the Ampa Bay Trail, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) involving an unregistered motor tractor and trailer driven by 24-year-old Reaz Khan of Butcher Street Parika E.B.E and 58-year-old porter Lyton Hendricks (deceased) of Pomeroon River respectively.
According to the police report, the unregistered motor tractor was proceeding west on Ampa Bay Trail with the trailer attached packed with wallaba posts.
Hendricks was sitting atop the posts when the trailer’s right side wheel went into a hole causing the vehicle to swing right. Due to the quantity of the load being transported, the trailer toppled and the porter was pinned under the pile of posts.
With the help of public-spirited persons, the porter was taken out from under the pile and transported to the Ampa Bay Boat Landing and later transported to the West Demerara Regional Hospital.
He was seen and examined by a doctor who pronounced him dead.
The driver has been placed in custody pending further investigations.
