Police in Regional Division #5 are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who fell from the roof of a house.
The deceased has been identified as 64-year-old Omrowa Shamlall, called ‘Bunta’, of Lot 209 Block 12, Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara.
According to a Guyana Police Force (GPF) press release, the incident occurred last Friday at around 11:30 hours at Yorkshire Hall, Drill, Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara where Shamlall worked.
Shamlall was employed with his cousin, Totaram Piralall, who is a businessman. Piralall recalled that at the time of the incident he was in his bond at the worksite when he heard one of his workmen scream. Immediately after, the same workman rushed to Piralall and told him that Shamlall had fallen from a beam on the roof.
Piralall quickly rushed to the scene where he saw the man lying motionless. He and two other workers picked up the man and rushed him to the Mahaicony Public Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The body is at the Mahaicony Public Hospital awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Investigations are ongoing.
