A MAN who was hit by an excavator on his worksite at Houston, East Bank Demerara, died on Monday. He was pronounced dead on arrival when taken to the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.

Dead is Royston Souvenir, 49, of Canal Number One Polder, West Bank Demerara.
Souvenir was working for Gaico Construction on a wharf being constructed near the Guyana Shore Base, which provides services to the oil and gas industry.
Reports indicated that Souvenir was at his worksite, along with other workers when one of his co-workers, who was operating an excavator, turned the machine while he was standing next to it, resulting in him being hit to his chest and abdomen.

Souvenir subsequently fell to the ground and was picked up and taken to the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital.
The body is currently at the Georgetown Public Hospital Mortuary awaiting autopsy as the investigation continues.