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One dead, several injured in motor lorry accident
One man is dead and several others are injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling toppled at Farm End, Matthews’ Ridge, North West District.
Dead is 18-year-old Leandre Perez.
Police in a press release said that about 13:00hrs yesterday, a motor lorry without registration number plates was ascending a hill at Farm End, Matthews’ Ridge, NWD, when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The release further stated that eight persons, including miner Leandre Perez, 18, of Port Kaituma, were in the tray of the vehicle when it toppled. They all sustained injuries and were taken to the Matthews’ Ridge Hospital where Leandre Perez was pronounced dead.
Three others were treated and sent away, while the other four persons have been air-dashed to Georgetown.
The driver of the motor lorry fled the scene and has not been arrested.
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