The parents and siblings of a 13-year-old boy are now in mourning after the lad drown on Saturday afternoon at the Kingston, Georgetown foreshore.
Dead is Nicholas Sukulall of Lot 22 Ogle front, East Coast Demerara (ECD) and who attended the Plaisance Secondary School.
The young man reportedly went into the water with a friend after a game of cricket at the seawall but subsequently drown.
Guyana Times understands that the teenager and his friends were all playing cricket when their skin became muddied.
As such, Sukulall and another went into the water opposite the bandstand to rinse their skin but both began to struggle as the current was suspected to be very strong.
The struggle between the two continued but Sukulall lost the battle and went under the water; however his friend managed to climb ashore. An alarm was raised by the other teenager and Sukulall’s sister and others began to search the water for him.
His father was called to the scene and relayed to this publication what he discovered. According to him, he was a short distance away from the seawall when he received a call which informed him that his son was involved in an incident.
“I went but I was not properly informed so I thought that he was involved in a fight or something like that,” the distraught man explained.
He added that when he arrived at the scene, he was met by his daughter who told him that her brother went into the water a while ago but failed to come ashore.
“So all of we went to look for him and then a big wave came and we spot his body so we pulled him out of the water.”
Guyana Times was informed that a doctor as well as a member of the Red Cross Society was on the scene and both performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) until the ambulance arrived.
However, he was pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.
At the hospital, family members were seen consoling each other after receiving the news of the teen’s demise. The boy’s mother resides overseas.
This publication was also informed that the other friends of the teenager were all taken to the Brickdam Police Station for questioning.