Police last evening said they were investigating the deaths of two miners who were killed when a mining pit at St Elizabeth Backdam, Potaro, Region 8 collapsed.
A release from the police identified the two men as Sherwayne Joseph, a 26-year-old miner whose address is unknown and Imran Blake, a 19-year-old miner of Kuru Kuru village, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.
The incident occurred at around 2:30 yesterday and according to the release the men were at the time working with John Burrowes, a 38-year-old dredge owner of 111 Miles Mahdia, on his eight-inch land dredge mining operation.