One dead, several injured after truck turned turtle.

Georgetown : A passenger died and six persons hospitalized after a driver of a truck lost control while coming down a hill at Buckhall, Essequibo.

According to a police report, the truck driver Stacy Benn was transporting fuel, food stuff along with six other persons when he lost control of the truck which toppled off a hill in the bush area.

Dead is 40 year old Kurt Inniss of Pomeroon, Essequibo.

The others are being treated for various injuries at the Suddie Hospital.