Operator dies as heavy-duty vehicle topples overboard

A 36-year-old man was killed on Wednesday after the heavy-duty equipment he was operating toppled into a trench at a West Bank Demerara (WBD) construction site.
Dead is Nadir Baksh, a front-end loader operator, from Zeelugt Squatting Area, East Bank Essequibo.

The incident occurred at about 11:30h on Wednesday along the Vive-La-Force Access Road, West Bank Demerara.
Based on police reports, Baksh was driving a front-end loader, 24776, proceeding across a wooden bridge when he lost control, causing the loader to end up in the trench.
As a result, the operator was pinned down and received injuries to his body. The loader was subsequently removed from the trench, and Baksh was taken out in an unconscious condition by his colleagues and transported to the West Demerara Regional Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival by a doctor on duty.
The body is presently lying at the Ezekiel Funeral Home, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Further investigations are in progress, the police say.