Thomas Carstens Jr, the American tourist who died during a fishing expedition in the Rupununi last Tuesday, panicked when he saw the vessel begin to take in water and jumped overboard, resulting in his demise, according to the Guyana Police Force (GPF).
The GPF yesterday issued a statement on the man’s death.
At about 07:00hrs, the police said, Carstens Jr along with Jered Weiland, also of the United States and Jim George, a tour guide and boat captain of Apoteri Village in the North Rupununi, had departed the Kanuku Lodge Eco Resort for a tour.