A 25-year-old man has succumbed to his injuries hours after an accident on Arawai Trail, Mazaruni River involving a tractor and a truck on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Mahendra Verria. The drivers of both vehicles are attached to C.B Construction Inc. Reports indicate two porters Verria of Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) and Sunny Moore, age 25 years of Cornelia also on WCD were travelling in the tractor at the time if the incident.

Enquires disclosed that the tractor was proceeding north along Arawai Trail with the two porters, towing the truck GRR 6331 and while in the process of descending a hill, the driver of the tractor lost control and jumped from the vehicle along with the two porters onto the trail surface where the said porters received injuries about their bodies.

The men were rushed to the Bartica Regional Hospital by coworkers and were examined by a doctor. Moore was admitted to the accident and emergency ward for observation and Verria, whose condition was described as ‘critical’, was air-dashed to the Georgetown Public Hospital. Verria succumbed to his injuries sometime around 15:00 hours on Tuesday. Both drivers of the vehicles remain in police custody assisting police with investigations.