A Brazilian miner, Edmilson Vitor Dosantos, 40 years, died on Thursday morning after one of the branches from a falling tree struck him on his head. The Police, in a statement, said Dosantos was cutting a tree on Thursday last with a chain-saw at Acquero Backdam, North West District, when the tree fell on him, resulting in his death.
The Police said his body has been brought out to Georgetown and is at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation as investigations continue.