PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Oct 5, CMC -Police are investigating the death of a 43-year-old man from the village of Bigi Poika in northern Suriname, who was killed after being sturck by a falling tree.
Police said that the accident at the Goliath timber concession occurred last Saturdayand that the victim was using a chainsaw t cut down the tree when it feel on top of him.
The police said that preliminary investigations indicate that the worker, whose name was not disclosed, became trapped and succumbed to his injuries at the scene.
“ Following consultation with the Public Prosecution Service, the deceased’s body has been seized so that an autopsy can be performed,” the police said in a statement.
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