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Operator Dies After Digger Slips Into River

What began as a normal working day for Tomasi Cagilaba, 55, turned fatal when the digger machine he oper­ated flipped into the Navua River along Waiyanitu.
01 Apr 2023 11:30
Operator Dies After Digger Slips Into River
Tomasi Cagilaba is placed onto the tray of a Police truck after it was found in the digger at Navua River along Waiyanitu on March 31, 2023. Photo: Ronald Kumar

What began as a normal working day for Tomasi Cagilaba, 55, turned fatal when the digger machine he oper­ated flipped into the Navua River along Waiyanitu.

Police said Mr Cagilaba lost con­trol of the digger. It submerged into the Navua River on Friday morning.

He was trapped inside the digger.

Mr Cagilaba was employed by Winstone Aggregates Fiji Ltd and was carrying out gravel extraction from the Navua River at the time of the incident.

Police retrieved his body from the submerged digger at around 12noon on Friday.

Co-worker Christopher Shar­ma said everything happened so quickly on Friday morning.

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Story by: inoke.rabonu@fijisun.com.fj



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