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Two miners crushed to death by tree, one injured

Nov 18, 2009 News

Two miners were killed and a third seriously injured at around 11:00 hrs on Monday after a tree came crashing down on them at a camp at Marudi Mountain.
Police identified the dead men as Carlos Fernandes, 30, of Karaudarnaua Village, South Rupunini, and Silvio Domingo, 35, of Aishalton Village, South Rupununi.
The third miner, Harves Olivia Alfred, 43, of Aishalton, sustained injuries to his head and back.
He was taken to the Lethem Hospital but was later transported by ambulance to a hospital in Boa Vista at around 03:00 hrs yesterday.
A police release said that the three victims and a fourth miner were working in a mining pit at Marudi Mountain when a large tree fell over the pit resulting in three of them being hit by its branches.
Fernandes and Domingo succumbed to their injuries while Alfred was hospitalised.
A source said that the men were clearing the mining camp area when a rotting tree fell on them.
The owner of the mining camp is said to be in Georgetown.

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