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Driver electrocuted after excavator hits GPL power line

16 September 2026
This content originally appeared on INews Guyana.
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Thirty-year-old Andrew Sookra of Kaneville, East Bank Demerara, a truck driver, was reportedly electrocuted on Tuesday after the excavator he was transporting came into contact with a high-voltage Guyana Power and Light (GPL) line near Orangestein, East Bank Essequibo. According to reports received, Sookra had opened the truck’s tray to facilitate the unloading of the […]