The Police say they are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Gleieiane Almedia Ferreira, 33, unemployed of Lot ‘C’ Grove Truck Line, EBD and Madayoung, Brazil, which occurred about 4.30 pm on Monday at 4 Hour Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7.
Enquiries disclosed that Ferreira and her reputed husband, 45, a miner of Lot ‘C’ Grove Truck Line, EBD, were heading to Dukwarie Landing, Cuyuni on a motor tractor when Ferreira who was sitting on the left fender fell off of the tractor after it toppled while approaching a steep hill.
Ferreira’s reputed husband managed to save himself from the toppled tractor and then saw that his wife was lying motionless with what appeared to be tractor wheel marks about her body.
The driver of the tractor is in police custody assisting with the investigation.
