A 53-year-old carpenter succumbed to his injuries after he fell from a two-storey house at Patentia, West Bank Demerara. Dead is Tulsiram Baichan, of Third Street, Patentia.
According to reports, Baichan had only started working on the building on Friday.
Tulsiram Baichan
The dead man’s sister, Jankie Sookdeo, told Kaieteur News that her brother was working for the last three weeks at another location. Sookdeo said that he only went to the Patentia worksite on Friday. The woman further related that the owners for the house on which he was working called them on Friday and informed them of the accident. Sookdeo said her brother was taken to the Georgetown Hospital.
According to the woman, her brother suffered severe head injuries, a broken spine and foot. He died shortly after being taken to the hospital. Police are still investigating.