The bodies of two men were found yesterday after a boat mishap on Tuesday in the Upper Cuyuni River in the vicinity of Kurutuku Village, Region Seven.
They have been identified as Kevin Musa, a 44-year-old miner of Pomeroon, and Alvin Jordan.
Commander of Regional Division Seven, Dion Moore said that police ranks have been dispatched to the location to retrieve the bodies.
Enquiries revealed that on the day in question, Musa and six of his co-workers, including Jordan, were consuming alcohol at Kurutuku Village when they stopped a metal boat which was powered by a 75 HP Yamaha engine and captained by Raul Jarvis, a 36-year-old of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, along with two other occupants.
They asked for a lift to their mining camp located about twenty minutes from Kurutuku Village.
The metal boat was transporting fourteen drums of diesel from Devil Hole Landing to San Martin Landing and now had ten persons.
About ten minutes into their journey, the captain was navigating a small rapid when the boat struck a rock, causing it to take in water. The occupants jumped out of the boat and swam to shore. Musa and Jordan were left stranded on a rock in the middle of the Cuyuni River. The two were heard shouting for a few minutes and then were silent.
