Ericsson worker from Dominican Republic killed in Mt St Andrew accident
An employee of telecommunications company Ericsson died yesterday afternoon when the vehicle, a Suzuki Escudo, which he was driving, overturned at Mt. St Andrew.
SEARCHLIGHT understands the deceased man, a rigger with Ericsson, {{more}}is a national of the Dominican Republic.
The vehicle was carrying five Ericsson employees, all foreigners, when it overturned.
The four passengers in the vehicle were taken to the Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, where they were treated for minor injuries, then released.
The deceased man was said to be the leader of the team of employees in the vehicle. They were descending the mountain after a dayâs work at the LIME cell phone site at Mt. St Andrew.
The technicians are in St Vincent and the Grenadines as part of the Ericsson team working on the roll-out of mobile communications standard 4G.
Ericsson took over the technical services of LIME in February 2014.
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