A 75-year-old Longdenville man died on Tuesday after a steel gate fell on him while he was cleaning grass off its tracks. According to a relative of the father of eight, Nandan Ramdass was at home around 3.20 pm cleaning the yard when the accident happened.
The relative who spoke with the media yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, said the sliding gate weighed about 200 pounds. The relative said Ramdass was taken to the Chaguanas Health Facility, where he complained of breathing problems. He later died. An autopsy stated he died of blunt force trauma and haemorrhaging.