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Woman loses head to plane propeller

Jun 13, 2013 News

 

 

A 22-year-old woman was reportedly chopped to death late yesterday after ending up in the path of a propeller in a gold mining district in Region Seven.
Dead is Raquel Joseph, said to be from Old Road, Timehri, East Bank Demerara.
A team from the Guyana Civil Aviations Authority is expected to fly into the area this morning to check to start investigation into the incident.
According to a government statement, the authority reported that there has been an incident involving a small aircraft, a Cessna 172, and a woman on the ground at Ekereku bottom, Region Seven. That person has died, Public Works Minister Robeson Benn reported.
He said officials from the GCCA will travel into the area at first light to conduct an investigation into the incident.
The Guyana Police Force, in a separate statement reported that around 17:40hrs, Joseph was killed when she ended up in the path of the propeller of the single-engine Cessna that had just landed at the Ekereku Airstrip.
Unconfirmed reports said that aircraft, bearing registration number 8R-JIL belongs to a Brazilian.
It would be the second deadly plane incident in two months. On April 13, two passengers including the pilot were killed after a twin-engine Piper Azteca suffered apparent mechanical problems and crashed into a Sparendaam home. The plane was on a technical survey mission for the Amaila Falls Access Road.

 

 

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