Police say that at about 5.30 pm yesterday, two boats were racing in the Pomeroon River when one of them collided with a canoe in which Ovid Garraway, 34 years, and Jason Abrams, 13 years, both of Mainstay, Pomeroon River, were travelling.
As a result of the collision Abrams fell overboard and is feared to have drowned.
The pilot of one of the boats has been arrested and is in police custody while efforts are continuing to locate the pilot of the other boat.
