The post-mortem of Louis Armstrong, a miner who died as a result of a mining pit cave-in on Monday at Black Water Backdam, Cuyuni River, Region 7, has revealed his cause of death as suffocation.
Armstrong also known as ‘Jessie’, 55, of Lot 6 Second Street, Meadowbank, East Bank Demerara, was said to be working at a 6-inch-dredge operation when a portion of the pit facing caved in on him, pinning him underneath.
Olivia Welcome, a niece of the deceased, said the family has since contacted the man in charge of the mining operation and whom Armstrong was working for.