Splinter from firewood kills Essequibo Coast labourer

A 39-year-old labourer is now dead after being wounded to his neck by a splinter as he was chopping firewood.
Dead is Gowkarran Narine called “Pauline” of Lot 41 Painter Street, Reliance, Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
Reports are at about 13:00h, Narine told his wife that he was going to “burst wood” for her to cook.
His 27-year-old wife told the police that she had started cooking and was about eight feet away from Narine, who was in the process of chopping the firewood, when she heard a strange sound coming from his direction.
She said that she turned around and saw her husband laying on the ground and upon rushing to him, she noticed a piece of wood sticking in the right side of Narine’s neck. She said he was bleeding and she immediately removed the splinter and threw it away.
According to the woman, she proceeded to wipe the blood from her husband’s neck with a piece of sponge.
This newspaper was told that the woman, in her report to police, said that she asked her husband if he wanted to go to the hospital but he could not speak and she took him to the bedroom instead where she helped him to get onto the bed.
Guyana Times was told that the woman resumed cooking but repeatedly checked on him but at about 16:00h, she realised that he was motionless on the bed.  She raised an alarm and a report was made at the Anna Regina Police Station.
Officers who visited the scene reported that a wound was visible at the right side of Narine’s neck. The father of three was taken to the Suddie Hospital where Narine was pronounced dead on arrival. His body was taken to the Suddie mortuary and is awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Meanwhile, the now dead man’s wife was taken into police custody as investigations into the incident continue. (Kristen Macklingam)