SURINAMESE national Richie Debideen, 25, was a passenger in a motor lorry transporting equipment along the Corentyne roadway when, at No. 51 Village, he came into contact with a wire dangling across the road, and fell out of the vehicle at about 16:15 hrs on July 11, 2014, police have said.

He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Skeldon Hospital.

Police investigations are ongoing.

(By Michel Outridge)