EIGHTEEN-year-old Threeson Grittens, of Richmond

Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast was killed early
yesterday morning after tons of falling paddy buried
him alive while he was working in the Caricom Rice
Mills factory at Anna Regina.According to reports, the teenager, who was on duty

during the 7am to 3pm shift, was cleaning a tank
which was used to store tons of parboiled paddy when
a cone from another nearby cylinder burst, sending
tons of paddy over him. Reports are that the
youngster, who was pinned under the bulk of paddy,
died before he was pulled out.
Rlatives,who rushed to the scene, said they saw
workers bailing out paddy from over their loved one
in the factory. They said when he was finally pulled
out, he was already dead.
Officials of the company rushed the employee to the
Suddie hospital where doctors pronounced him dead on
arrival.
Reports said Grittens who was the third of three
children worked at the Caricom Rice Mills for one
year. Police are investigating.

(By Rajendra Prabhulall)