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Mechanic dies in freak accident
Bhiraj Bhikham,a/k Blue Boy,24,of Zorg-En-Vlyght, Essequibo Coast, died while he was washing a combine at his employer, Roopan Roopnarine complex, at Land Of Plenty, Essequibo Coast, on Saturday ,17, last.
Bhikham, a mechanic by profession, died after being struck in his chest by an instrument which burst.
Relating the saddening incident, Lilawattie, a/k Dollie, Bhikham’s mother, said that her son, the second of three children was at the time washing a combine with a water pressure hose when a piece of instrument attached to the combine burst, eventually hitting him in his chest.
Bhiraj Bhikham,a/k Blue Boy
The young man was subsequently taken to the Suddie Public Hospital by one of his employer’s daughters, where he was pronounced dead by a doctor.
Mrs. Bhikham said that upon examining her son’s body at the hospital, she saw the effect of the blow.
She said her son had been working as a mechanic for the past four to five years at Roopan Roopnarine’s complex.
Arrangements are in place to have a post mortem performed on her son’s remains on Tuesday, Lilawattie said.
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