GT&T worker killed in Mabura accident

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One Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT& T) employee is dead and two others are critical after they were involved in an accident on the Mabura trail between 10: 00h and 11: 00h on Tuesday.

Trevon Morris
Trevon Morris

The dead man was identified as 26-year-old Trevon Morris of D Field, Sophia, Georgetown, and the two injured men are Jermaine Prince, the driver of the vehicle in which the men were travelling, and Lawrence Harris.
Guyana Times International understands that the men were on their way to Lethem on a business trip when the accident occurred; however, details are still sketchy. The two injured men were airlifted to Ogle International Airport around 16:00h and then rushed to a private hospital in Georgetown.
Lawrence and Prince, full-time GT&T employees, were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and are in a stable condition.
They received severe injuries about their bodies, but are gradually improving, a hospital source said.
Meanwhile, Morris, a contractor attached to the phone company, died on the spot. His body is currently at the Linden Hospital Complex.
When this publication visited the home of an aunt of Morris, family members and friends were gathered to mourn his death.
Morris’s mother was too distraught to talk, but other relatives disclosed that the man was last seen around 04: 30h on Tuesday morning before he left to go on the trip.
Morris had been working at the phone company, where his mother and aunt have also worked for some three years. This publication was told that this is the first time he took such a trip.
Morris was described as a friendly and hardworking person. His aunt reminisced that he always had a smile on his face.
“Before you see him, you always see his white teeth,” she recalled.
He leaves to mourn his two children, mother, and three siblings.
In a release, the telecommunications company expressed its regret at the death of a staffer, while offering best wishes for the speedy recovery of the other two men.
“GT&T extends deepest condolences to the family of Morris and will ensure the injured staffs are given every available medical support to aid recovery,” the release stated.

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