Ranks in Regional Division One (Barima-Waini) have launched an investigation surrounding the death of a pastor following a boat accident in Moruca River.
Dead is Rudolph Henry of Parakeese Village, North West District.
The incident occurred at about 13:30h on Friday.
Reports are that the pastor, who is also a boat captain, died after the boat he was sailing along the Moruca River, collided with another boat that was driven by a 31-year-old businesswoman of Chinese Landing, Barama River, North West District (NWD).
Dead: Rudolph Henry
Police said that enquiries revealed that the businesswoman was driving her boat in the vicinity of Mora Village in the Moruca River, heading to Chinese Landing, when the two boats collided.
Henry, 53, who received injuries, was pulled from the river and rushed to the Kumaka District Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
The man’s body is currently at the Moruca morgue awaiting a post-mortem examination, as Police continue their investigation.
Last Monday, two children, five-year-old Reshanna Atkinson and one-year-old Josiah Atkinson, fell overboard after the boat in which they were travelling capsized in the Pomeroon River.
According to information received, the children, along with their parents, Bhinauth and Novita Atkinson, were in a boat in St Monica heading home when the boat engine, a 75-horsepower Yamaha, collided with a floating object in the river.
As a result, the boat flipped and capsized, causing the family to fall into the water.
However, Bhinauth and Novita managed to swim to shore while the children went missing.
Their bodies were later recovered.
Meanwhile, according to Regional Commander Khemraj Shivbaran, the family members did not have on life jackets. He also said, at the time they were travelling, they were using a cell phone flashlight in order to see clearly. (G9)
