Denzil Prince, the miner who was found slumped over an ATV at Kumung Kumung Backdam, Mazaruni River, Region Seven last week died as a result of a ruptured spleen due to malaria, an autopsy confirmed.
Police spokesman Jairam Ramlakhan confirmed the findings of the autopsy, which was conducted on Friday by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh.
Prince, 31, a resident of Bartica worked with a dredge owner of West Indian Housing Scheme, Bartica whose operation is located about two miles away from the Kumung Kumung Landing.
The police had said that his lifeless body was discovered slumped over his ATV, CG 6474 by the dredge owner.
The incident occurred sometime between 4 pm and 6.30 pm last Tuesday.
Prince’s employer reportedly told the police that he last saw him around 4.40 pm last Tuesday when he left the pit in which he was working.
He was taken to the Bartica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Abrasions were seem to his knees and damage was observed to the front grill and fender of the ATV.
