Carpenter dies while “backflipping” into canal

The family of a 28-year-old man was plunged into a state of mourning after he reportedly died while backflipping into a canal at Tempe, West Coast Berbice (WCB), on Monday.
Dead is Ramesh Ramphal, a carpenter of Britannia Village, WCB.
The incident occurred at around 17:00h in the presence of the victim’s 23-year-old girlfriend.
Police reports stated that the couple was reportedly swimming when the carpenter decided to do a backflip into the canal.
The girlfriend told investigators that after waiting for about ten minutes and the man did not resurface, she rushed to his home to inform his family.
A search party was formed and they found the man stuck in the mud at the said area where he allegedly did the backflip. The carpenter was taken to the Fort Wellington Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
A post-mortem is expected to be performed shortly.