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20-year-old miner dies after riding into truck
A 20-year-old gold miner lost his life when the all-terrain vehicle he was riding crashed into a truck
John Shaka Battice
early yesterday morning.
John Shaka Battice succumbed to massive head injuries he received from the accident that took place at a location called Black Banana, some 20 miles from Matthew’s Ridge in the North West District.
Details of the accident are sketchy, but sources in Matthew’s Ridge told this newspaper that Battice, who hails from Non Pareil on the East Coast of Demerara, died before he could receive medical attention.
Relatives could not provide any information, except to say that they received a message early yesterday morning that Battice had died in an accident.
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