The police have confirmed the death of a 52-year old Chinese construction worker who died following what might have been an electrocution at the Booby Alley construction site on Wednesday.
Reports are that the worker and his colleague were erecting a scaffold that came in contact with the high tension wires; the electricity also harmed the second worker.
The victim fell to the ground and may have been injured further. The EMS was immediately summoned to the scene and they tried to resuscitate him. He was rushed to the Sir Lester Bird Medical Centre where he died two hours later.
The Prime Minister Gaston Browne has expressed his condolences to the family and colleagues of the worker, and to the Embassy of China for the loss of life. The Minister of Health, Sir Molwyn Joseph who relayed the tragedy to Cabinet, held discussions with Ambassador Zhang Yanling of the Chinese Embassy, expressing the sympathies of the entire Cabinet.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, E.P Chet Greene, who had a previously planned meeting with Ambassador Zhang, also used the opportunity to express sincerest condolences to the government and people of China on this tragic incident.
Arrangements are being made to notify the man’s family back in China.
The Booby Alley Project is a signature development taking place in this previously depressed area of the Point. It serves as a symbol of the close ties that exist between Antigua and Barbuda and the People’s Republic of China.
