Several missing after two vessels collide off north-west peninsula

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard (TTCG) is con­duct­ing search and res­cue op­er­a­tions off the north-west­ern penin­su­la fol­low­ing a col­li­sion be­tween two ves­sels on Sun­day evening.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued on No­vem­ber 8, the Coast Guard said sev­er­al peo­ple re­mained un­ac­count­ed for as search ef­forts con­tin­ued.

Some of those res­cued sus­tained non-life-threat­en­ing in­juries and were evac­u­at­ed by TTCG am­bu­lance to a med­ical fa­cil­i­ty.

The search op­er­a­tion is re­ceiv­ing sup­port from the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice Air Sup­port Unit, which is pro­vid­ing aer­i­al as­sis­tance.

The Coast Guard said it re­mains com­mit­ted to mar­itime safe­ty and se­cu­ri­ty and will con­tin­ue work­ing with rel­e­vant agen­cies to safe­guard lives at sea.