Chinese national dies following boat mishap in Essequibo River

Chinese national Dai Jianhua has been killed in a boat mishap that occurred at Timber Grant Landing in the Essequibo River at Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) on Wednesday evening.
The police have said that Dai Jianhua had been travelling with two other Chinese nationals – Songyajun and Meng Yi Feng – in a speedboat which collided with a tugboat in the vicinity of Timber Grant Quarry, causing these men to fall overboard.
Crew members of the tugboat jumped into the river to rescue the men, and they were pulled from the water and taken to the Bartica Regional Hospital, where Jianhua was pronounced dead.
Songyajun, who sustained injuries to his upper body and face, has been admitted a patient at the hospital, while Feng was treated and sent away. The captain of the tugboat has been taken into custody to assist with investigations.