A family outing at a farm at Coverden, East Bank Demerara ended in tragedy yesterday with the electrocution of a father of three.
Orlando Anthony Ramnarine, called ‘Lando,’ 34, a carpenter of Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara, was electrocuted after his fishing net came into contact with an exposed live wire.
Police are currently investigating Ramnarine’s death, which occurred around 1.30 pm at El Sol Farm Fresh farm, which is popularly known to persons as the “Cherry Farm.”
His wife, Samantha Parmanand, 22, was still in disbelief when she recounted what occurred.
Parmanand explained that she and Ramnarine were some distance away from the rest of the family catching fish but after they had no success, she suggested that they return to the group.
“I said Lando fish ain’t catching and leh we go back. We walking going back and he run and throw the cast net. As he was throwing it, he fell down right there and he hollered. I called my brother and tell he to come see what happened to Lando,” she related.
Parmanand said after her husband fell, she thought he lost consciousness. However, when her brother went to check, he suffered a shock as well.
“My brother ask me for my slippers and jacket and he wear it, and go and knock off the wire from him. The wire the cast net was hooked on, was connected to the post. We didn’t know it was exposed,” the grieving woman said.
She added that in the aftermath, police visited the scene and checked the body for marks of violence and burn marks but found none.
Electricians from the Guyana Power and Light Inc also visited the scene and removed the wire that was connected to the post.
Parmanand stated that police took hours before they returned to remove the body from the scene. The body was moved and taken to the Lyken Funeral Home at approximately 5.30 pm.
The operators of the farm declined to comment when approached by this newspaper. The person in charge said that they would not like to comment since an investigation is ongoing and it would be premature of them to comment.
Parmanand father’s works at the farm, which allowed the family access yesterday.
The grieving wife said that she is seeking justice as the farm had the responsibility to inform persons of exposed wires.
“I need justice for my husband. He was the one who provided for the family. I have three children to take care of now and I don’t know how I will do that,” the woman lamented. The children are ages four years, two years, and 11 months old.
