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Miner crushed by excavator
A 45-year-old father of two was killed at around 10:00 hrs on Thursday at Chi Chi, Mazaruni, after he was pinned by an excavator that was reportedly being manned by an unlicensed operator.
Relatives said that Dennis Agustus, called ‘Chinee’, a miner of Capoey Lake, Essequibo, was struck on the head by the excavator’s bucket.
According to reports, Augustus and another man had gone in an excavator to a mining site when the excavator, which was being manned by an unlicensed operator, got stuck.
It is alleged that Augustus and his companion were trying to get the excavator unstuck when the operator accidentally caused the machine to pin the unfortunate miner.
Augustus reportedly perished on the spot.
Relatives said that the miner is survived by two children, a boy, aged 15 and a baby girl who is just a few months old.
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