Police in Region Six are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a Corentyne, Berbice, Region Six (East Corentyne-Berbice) fisherman.
The lifeless body of thirty-four-year-old Mitchell Benn was pulled from his pickup which was submerged in a canal on Saturday.
Benn would have lost control of his pickup and dove off the road and into a canal at Babu Jaan.
According to the police, they are investigating a ‘fatal incident’, which occurred at about on Saturday at Babu Jaan, Access Dam canal.
Benn owned the pickup he was driving at the time, GRR 9936. The incident occurred not far away from his Lot 203 Area R Ankerville Port Mourant, Berbice home.
The vehicle submerged in the canal at Babu Jaan access dam
According to the police, Benn was proceeding west along an access dam at Babu Jaan allegedly at a fast rate of speed when he lost control of the vehicle and ended up in a canal situated in a northwestern direction and submerged.
He was pulled from the vehicle in an unconscious condition and taken to the Port Mourant Public Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Benn initially of Rose Hall Town had recently moved from his matrimonial home to his parents’ home at Port Mourant.
His body is at Ramoo’s Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Investigations are continuing. (G4)
