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An early morning accident at Butukari on the Essequibo River, has left one man dead and another seriously inujured.The dead man is 28-year-old Clive Bharrat,Chicago Cubs Kosuke Fukudome Jersey, of Good Hope,Texas Rangers Jurickson Profar Jersey, Essequibo Coast. He was said to be the driver of a truck that was transporting logs out of the Butukari back dam,Detroit Tigers Alan Trammell Jersey, according to reports.According to21-year-old David Allicock,New York Mets Stolmy Pimentel Jersey, who was the porter on the truck,Toronto Blue Jays Roy Halladay Jersey, the accident occurred around 7:00 hours yesterday.“The truck crashed into a tree,Chicago Cubs Mark Grace Jersey, while going down the hill,Toronto Blue Jays Michael Saunders Jersey, and toppled over and the driver was pinned by the timber guard,’’ Allicock related from his bed at the Mackenzie Hospital complex.Allicock said that the brakes on the truck had been malfunctioning for quite some time,Chicago Cubs Andre Dawson Jersey, and that was what contributed to the accident.Relatives took Bharrat and Allicock to the hospital where Bharrat succumbed to his injuries shortly after.Bharrat’s younger brother,Texas Rangers Mitch Moreland Jersey, Brian Softleigh, said that his elder brother was employed by a logging operation owned by Toolsie Persaud in the Butukari backdam. Another brother, Todd Frank, is reportedly somewhere in the Potaro district.Clive Bharrat was the eldest of three children for Josephine Softleigh of Supenaam, Essequibo Coast. |
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