Police are investigating a fatal incident that occurred about 17:35hrs yesterday (Monday) on the 16KM Aurora/Tapir trail in Region 7.
The accident involved a fuel tanker (GAD 3757) owned by Demerara Transportation Limited and driven at the time by Tyrone Anthony (now deceased), a 32-year-old of Supenaam, Essequibo Coast.
Enquiries disclosed that the fuel tanker was proceeding south along the trail, and while negotiating a turn down a slope, the vehicle developed a mechanical problem causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle and ‘run off’ the trail.
As a result, the driver was flung out of the fuel tanker and pinned down on the ground. He was picked up in an unconscious state by a passerby and taken to the Aurora Medical Centre, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
