Charity river mishap: Body of farmer found floating in Pomeroon River

The body of Reagan Rodriguez, who went missing following a boat mishap in the Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) on Thursday last, was found floating on Saturday morning.
Reports are that family members found the body at about 07:50h on Saturday morning.
Police on Saturday evening said that a 38-year-old farmer reported that he and other family members were in the Pomeroon River in search of Rodriguez when they saw the body of a man floating on its back in the vicinity of Charity Waterfront on the western side of the Pomeroon River.
As a result, contact was made with the Police and the body was fished out of the water.
He was identified by the clothing, wristwatch, and finger ring. The partially decomposed body was escorted to Suddie Public Hospital’s Mortuary, awaiting a post-mortem examination.
Rodriguez, a farmer of Charity Housing Scheme, was thrown into the river following a two-boat collision along the Pomeroon River on Thursday last at about 14:40h.
Based on reports received, a licensed boat captain was the lone occupant in a 21-foot wooden boat powered by a 250-horsepower Yamaha outboard engine and was proceeding from the Charity Wharf to Grant Phoenix Park, Lower Pomeroon River.
However, during the journey, he collided with another wooden boat that was powered by a 5-horsepower Yamaha engine. The smaller vessel was captained by Rodriguez.
Following the accident, the captain went to the Charity Police Station and reported that he was proceeding south on the river when he collided with Rodriguez, causing him to capsize and fall overboard.
The captain claimed that he did not see the smaller boat and just felt an impact. Upon looking into the water, he said he saw a hat and a small boat with the engine ‘tilt up’.
Police are continuing their investigation.