By Dacia Whaul
The family of one of the two men killed in the boat collision in the Demerara River on Sunday believes that alcohol may have contributed to the fatal accident and are questioning the police’s failure to do a breathaylser test on the surviving captain.
Captain Dale Duggin, 28, of Parapi, Upper Demerara and Williamson Felix, 37, a Saint Lucian national who resided in Diamond Housing Scheme, on the East Bank of Demeara, were in a boat when another boat collided with theirs near the Muritaro area, sometime between 8:30pm and 9pm in the Demerara River.
According to a cousin of Duggin, the information he received was that Duggin was on his way to his house, which is under construction, a short distance from his mother’s residence, where he had been. Duggin and Felix, who was contracted to build Duggin’s home, were travelling in a boat heading to Parapi, Upper Demerara River, when the other boat captained by