An investigation has been launched into the death of a 45-year-old Indonesian national, Daniel Sambara who died on Friday while felling a tree at West Kurubaru Backdam in the Demerara River.
News Room understands that Sambara was a Chainsaw Operator of Mabura Hill.
Police said that at around 9:00hrs, Sambara was struck on the head by the root from another tree that was displaced by the one he cut down.
He also sustained a broken right leg. He was pronounced dead at the Linden Hospital and his body was later escorted to the Lyken Funeral Parlour.
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