WBD man crushed to death by metal lift at supermarket

By LaWanda McAllister

A 22-year-old man is now dead after a metal lift fell from a building and pinned him to the ground.
Dead is Sudesh Charran, a labourer of West Minster, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
Reports are that the incident occurred at around 16:20h on Thursday at the F&R Supermarket located at Stelling Road, Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara (WCD).

According to Police, the man was walking under the metal lift to enter the supermarket when it fell from the upper flat and pinned him to the ground.
As a result, workers rushed to his assistance and used a piece of wood to lift the metal structure from the man’s body. They pulled the victim out, but by this time he was motionless and a large wound was seen to the top of his head.
The Police were summoned, and the body of the victim was escorted to the West Demerara Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. A probe has since been launched.
The dead man’s sister, Sabrina Charran, on Friday said that her family, especially her mother, is shaken by her brother’s death.
The woman said Thursday was the second day he returned to work after being on bereavement leave for more than two months.

The 22-year-old had only lost his father in August of this year, and could not bear to work at the entity, since he and his father worked together.
“He ended up coming off the work after my father died…he doesn’t have any kids or anything. My mother is just crying for justice right now. She just screaming down all the time because that is her only son,” the dead man’s sister said.
The grieving woman said her brother was full of life and had so many plans for his future, and it is such a pity he lost his life in such a manner.
“He was going to GTI and then he started working. He was planning to work to build so that everybody can come home back but it didn’t happen like that,” she said.
A probe has been launched into the man’s death.