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Agri Officer dies in Tacama accident
The pick-up following the accident. (Photo credit: Gordon Moseley)
…three injured
Kaieteur News – A 33-year-old man died on Tuesday following a vehicular accident at Tacama, Region 10.
Dead, Aaron Leitch
Dead is Aaron Leitch, a well-known agriculture crop extension officer attached to the Ministry of Agriculture. Three other persons who were in the vehicle with Leitch sustained injuries in the accident. They are Gregory Grenville, 39, Arafat Fazlay, 37, a citizen of Bangladesh and Nigel Hutson, 50.
At the time of his passing, Leitch was attached to the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) of Region 10.
According to the police, the accident occurred around 08:00hrs on Tuesday on the Tacama trail, Ituni District, Upper Demerara Berbice.
The accident involved a pick-up vehicle, bearing registration PAC 3958, owned by the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) and attached to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). At the time, it was being driven by Hutson.
Police said enquiries disclosed that the pick-up was proceeding east along the northern side of the Tacama trail at a fast rate and while negotiating a left bend, the driver lost control of the vehicle. It ended up on the southern parapet after which it toppled several times before it came to a halt.
As a result, the driver along with the occupants of the vehicle sustained injuries about their bodies. They were picked up by public-spirited citizens in a conscious state, except Leitch who was unconscious at the time.
The injured men were all taken to the Linden Hospital Complex where Leitch was pronounced dead on arrival. The others were seen and examined by a doctor on duty.
Fazal was admitted for injuries to his body and he was later transferred to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for further medical attention. His condition is regarded as stable. Grenville, along with the driver, were treated and sent away.
On Tuesday, news of the Leitch’s passing sent shockwaves in Region 10 as the man’s friends and relatives as well as members of the farming community in the area expressed remorse at his passing.
In a voice note which he reportedly posted on his Facebook status earlier on Tuesday, Leitch told his friends that he was hesitant about getting out of bed to go to work.
Many people who paid tribute to Leitch noted that he was always helpful to farmers and would often go beyond the call of his duties to assist the farming community.
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