POLICE in Regional Division # 10 are investigating a fatal incident which occurred on Saturday November 15, 2025, at a logging concession located at 43 Miles, Mabura Road, Upper Demerara River.

According to a statement from the Guyana Police Force (GPF), the deceased has been identified as 63-year-old Chris Hall, called “Chatch”, a logger and skidder operator of Grant Sand Road, Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara.

Initial investigations indicate that Hall was working within the concession when he was struck by a falling tree branch and subsequently became motionless. The matter was reported to the police and ranks later visited the scene, the statement said.

It added that he was transported to the Linden Hospital Complex where he was examined and pronounced dead by a doctor on duty.

The body has since been taken to the Pensioners Mortuary awaiting a post-mortem examination.