C'tyne Carpenter dies after falling from roof

C’tyne Carpenter dies after falling from roof

Apr 25, 2016 News

The family of a 29-year-old carpenter is in deep mourning after he succumbed to injuries he sustained after falling several feet from the roof of a house he was working on yesterday.
Yuvraj Sewlall, a father of two of Number Naught Village, Corentyne, lost his life after falling from a 20 ft. house he was working on in Corriverton.
Reports revealed that Sewlall called “Carpenter chip” fell from the roof of the house and hit his head on the concrete steps below.

The house Sewlall was working on.

Yuvraj Sewlall

A worker who was at the scene but wished to remain anonymous pointed out that Sewlall was on the roof laying blocks. The man stated that there was a Guyana Power and Light Inc. wire overhead and he would constantly remind persons working on the roof to be careful.
“We always tell am seh ‘remember dem wire up deh’, but for some strange reason like he raise up and get into contact with one of de wire.”
The man stressed that Sewlall then fell onto the steps, head first. “When me hear de sound, me run and tek he and rush he to the hospital and next me hear seh he dead.”
Meanwhile, Sewlall’s wife, DevikaTejnarine, 27, also known as “Christina” stated that she received the tragic news via telephone.
She stated that the person who called her did not reveal details about the incident.
“Dem tell me to please come to the hospital, seh my husband fell down, he hit his head and he is unconscious.”
The woman, in tears, relayed that she quickly went to the Skeldon Public Hospital but she was not allowed to see her husband.
“I beg de nurse and tell her me want see him just a little bit and she say, ‘no, sit down, everything will be ok’.”
Tejnarine added that she requested that her husband to be taken to a Private Medical Institution but was told that he was in a critical condition and could not be moved.

Sewlall’s grieving wife and their two children

She said that about 10 minutes later she was told by the nurse that her husband was being transferred to the New Amsterdam Hospital.
“When they bring him out and I run to grabble his hand, it was cold, cold and I see he make one breath and them tell me to don’t hold him.”
The distraught wife said that when they arrived at the New Amsterdam Hospital, the doctor there informed her that her husband was critical.
“I ask de doctor if he recover, if I can take him down to Georgetown and he say he didn’t make it.”
The woman stressed that her husband was an excellent father and role model to their two kids.
“He was always smiling and he would always mek joke with everybody and he love his work. He been doing it for 12 years now and not a day he would complain.”
Sewlall’s body is currently at the New Amsterdam Hospital where a post mortem is expected to be conducted today. He leaves to mourn his wife, two children and other family members. Police investigations are currently ongoing.