The Pomeroon River, one of the deepest rivers in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) has claimed yet another life. Dead is 12-year-old Geramey Benjamin, of Dredge Creek, Upper Pomeroon River.
The Charity Secondary School student lost his life while swimming with his cousins. Reports are Benjamin, who suffers from epilepsy, was swimming with two cousins when he reportedly suffered an attack and disappeared in the murky waters of the Pomeroon River.
Guyana Times was told that the incident occurred at about 17:00h on Thursday afternoon.
After realising what had transpired, the two cousins alerted his mother, Jacqueline Benjamin, and residents immediately conducted a search. The search however proved futile and the Police were summoned. On Friday at about 16:30h, the boy’s body surfaced and was seen floating in the Dredge Creek area by a resident who raised an alarm.
The Police were summoned and the body was removed and taken to the Charity Wharf. It was later transported to the Suddie mortuary where it awaits a post-mortem examination. Statements from the two cousins; ages 7 and 18, were taken by Police. An investigation has been launched into the incident.
On January 25, a fisherman from Buxton, East Coast Demerara, was also recovered from the Pomeroon River. He went missing for several days after he toppled into the river. His body was discovered and retrieved by residents in Charity, on the Essequibo Coast. Sixty-four-year-old Collin Nickleson had journeyed to Charity to conduct fishing as a way of earning a livelihood when he lost his life.
The post-mortem examination conducted on his remains revealed he died as a result of drowning. (Indrawattie Natram)
