A BEAM from a house under construction yesterday fell and crushed ten-year-old Tyrese Isaacs of 135 Sparendaam Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.Poor supervision by relatives is being blamed for his death. This newspaper was informed that Tyrese in his house when he left to go into the yard, even as his mother and other adults were at home. It was reported to this publication that the family had, some three years ago, begun constructing a frame for a new house around an existing house, but, to date, construction is still incomplete due to financial constraints the family is experiencing.

The child’s mother was inside the home when she heard her son scream and make a strange sound; and when she went to check, she found him pinned on the ground under a beam from the structure which was under construction.

The woman immediately raised an alarm, and persons rushed to her assistance. Together they removed the huge beam from resting on the child’s head, placed him in a vehicle and rushed him to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The child suffered extensive damage to the left side of his face, and a gaping wound caused by the beam close to his left side ear.

The police have since launched an investigation into the matter, and the child’s mother was asked to give a statement in connection with the incident.

It is not clear if the Ministry of Social Protection will be looking into the matter, and if the parents of the child would be sanctioned for any level of negligence.