THE police in Regional Division #7 are investigating a fatal incident which occurred around 00:30 hours on Sunday on the Toroparo Trail, Cuyuni-Mazaruni.

Dead is Troy Alexander Davis, a 37-year-old Porter of Tabatinga Housing Scheme, Lethem.

According to the police, the incident involved motor lorry GYY 7764, owned and driven by Hubert Beharry, a 43-year-old miner/driver of #27 Village, West Coast Berbice.

Enquiries disclosed that the motor lorry was proceeding east along the northern side of Toroparo Trail and while descending a hill, the driver lost control of the motor lorry, which turned turtle several times.

As a result, the driver was flung from the vehicle and landed on the trail, while Davis who was a passenger was pinned by the motor lorry.

The lorry driver was picked up in a conscious condition. However, Davis was picked up in an unconscious state by public-spirited persons.

They were both transported to the Pappy Show Landing where they were seen and examined by a Medex on duty.

Beharry was treated for minor abrasion and laceration about the head and body before being sent away. Davis was pronounced dead on arrival.

A post-mortem examination is to be conducted on the body.

The lorry driver is in custody assisting with the ongoing investigation, police said.