A 76-year-old security guard died this morning in Belize City when he was crushed by a falling gate at the government complex on Mahogany Street. But was it negligence or just an unfortunate, but inevitable accident? I was on the scene looking for answers.
Alfonso Noble Reporting, Email - [alfnoble@yahoo.com]
This huge metal gate weighing some 450 pounds came crashing down off it's off its hinges this morning as 76-year-old Calvin Neal along with two other men tried to open the gate. As the gate fell it crushed Neal to death.
Today the man in charge of security at the complex building, Eric Eusey, told us off camera that on Wednesday the gate had fallen and since then it has been giving problems to open. He says that this morning the gate was not opened and he would have been given instructions for it to remain that way but that instruction never got to Neal and when he reported to work the first thing he did was to try and open the gate. That's when it fell. He was transported to the KHMH but died in the process of being taken there.
Alvin Neal Sr. had been a security guard with the KBH company for some years. The family says it is considering the possibility of pursuing a lawsuit against the government for negligence. He was the father of four children.
