Pregnant woman drowns in Berbice River boat mishap

Regional Vice-Chairman Byron Lewis with the Kwakwani survivors

Residents at Kwakwani waterfront were in a state of mourning yesterday after a pregnant woman who lived on the west bank of the Berbice River drowned in a boat mishap while travelling with her husband and three-year-old daughter.

Giving an account of the tragic incident on Monday which resulted in the death of 24-year-old Rhonda DeSilva, her partner for six years Ivan LaRose,  59,  told Stabroek News that at the time he and Rhonda and their three-year-old daughter Celene LaRose  were paddling