Guyanese seaman crushed to death in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Police have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a 44-year-old Guyanese sailor, who was crushed to death on Sunday while loading a vessel at the Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) port in Claxton Bay, south of here.
They said Doodnauth Persaud Nateram 44, of La Parfaite Harmonie, Guyana, died at the San Fernando General Hospital from internal injuries. Nateram, who was employed with the ANS Shipping Company, had gone aboard the general cargo vessel, Hein, for a shipment of cement.
TCL, in a statement, expressed condolences to the victim’s family, confirming that “an accident resulting in a fatality, occurred on a third-party vessel which was being loaded at the company’s Claxton Bay port facility”.
It said “no injuries were sustained by any other crew member”, and that a full investigation into the accident was being undertaken, following all necessary protocols and fully cooperating with the authorities, including the police.
Eyewitnesses said that Nateram was loading cement when the crane pinned him against the railing of the boat.
Other workers were able to lift the crane off the injured man’s body but he was unresponsive, police said.