Engineer dies after falling off 4-storey building

Police on the East Coast of Demerara have launched an investigation into the death of a 69-year-old engineer who reportedly fell from the fourth floor of a construction site at Happy Acres, ECD.
Dead is Keith Scipio of Lot 12 Kissoon Scheme, Good Hope, ECD. The accident occurred sometime around 11:30h on Saturday at Lot 112-113 Happy Acres, ECD.
Based on Police reports, Scipio went to work at the construction site of a four-storey steel and concrete building and at about 10:35h, he held a meeting with all the workers on the fourth floor after which everyone went back to work.
Subsequently, the engineer was observed walking towards a hole, which is located at the centre of the building but before he could have been alerted, he fell through and landed at the bottom.
One of the workers, who witnessed the accident, told the police that he tried to alert Scipio of the danger but was unsuccessful.
He immediately raised an alarm and went to the ground floor where he saw the 69-year-old man lying motionlessly on the concrete surface of the ground in a pool of blood. From reports received, he sustained severe injuries to the head.
He was picked up and taken to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) by the workers, where Scipio was pronounced dead on arrival. His body is currently at the hospital’s mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination as investigations continue.
When Guyana Times visited the man’s home on Sunday, his relatives stated that they were too distraught to speak.