A miner who was working in a pit at White Hole Backdam in Region Eight, died after the pit caved in and blocked him from escaping.
The Guyana Police Force yesterday said that Bertie John Williams, 49, of Essex Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice, died on Sunday at 10:45 hrs after the mining pit he was working at caved in.
According to the police, the man and other colleagues were working in the pit when a portion of its wall collapsed. The fallen portion covered the man while his colleagues managed to escape.
The body was later recovered and taken to the Mahdia Regional Hospital, where an official pronouncement of death was made.
The deceased is currently at the hospital’s mortuary as investigations continue.
