Boat captain Regan Rodriguez is missing after a collision between two boats on the Pomeroon River yesterday afternoon.
The police say that inquiries disclosed that Andel Garraway, a 23-year-old licensed boat captain, was the lone occupant in a wooden Balahoo, measuring 21 feet in length by 8 feet in width and powered by a 250 Hp Yamaha outboard engine. The Balahoo was proceeding from the Charity Wharf to Grant Phoenix Park, Lower Pomeroon River when it hit another wooden Balahoo (measuring 14 feet in length by 4 feet in width and powered by a 5 Hp Yahama engine.
The smaller vessel was captained by Regan Rodriguez, a 40-year-old farmer of Charity Housing Scheme, who was proceeding North in the Pomeroon River.
According to Garraway, who went to the Charity Police Station and reported the incident, he was proceeding south on the river when he collided with the said boat, causing Regan Rodriguez to capsize and fall overboard into the Pomeroon River.
Garraway claimed he did not see the smaller boat and just felt an impact. Looking in the water, Garraway said he saw a hat and a small boat with the engine ‘tilt up’.
A joint search party has since been launched with a view to recovering Regan Rodriguez.
Garraway is in Police custody, assisting with the investigation.
