Fifth body recovered in Chaguaramas boating tragedy

A fifth body has been re­cov­ered in the search for vic­tims of Sun­day’s boat­ing tragedy off Ch­aguara­mas.

The body was found at around 1.53 pm to­day in wa­ters be­tween Point Can­nings and Staubles Bay.

The vic­tim’s iden­ti­ty has not yet been con­firmed. The body was clad in blue three-quar­ter-length pants and a white T-shirt.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred around 6.30 pm on No­vem­ber 8, when two plea­sure craft col­lid­ed near Point Can­nings, Ch­aguara­mas. One of the ves­sels sank, throw­ing sev­er­al pas­sen­gers in­to the sea. Twen­ty-six peo­ple were in­jured in the col­li­sion.

The Coast Guard, po­lice and mem­bers of the Hunter’s Search and Res­cue Team have been in­volved in the search and re­cov­ery ef­forts.

Among the bod­ies re­cov­ered ear­li­er were those of Anil Ahy­ee and Ti­tus Au­gus­tine. The iden­ti­ties of the oth­er re­cov­ered vic­tims have yet to be for­mal­ly con­firmed.

Search op­er­a­tions are con­tin­u­ing as fam­i­lies await an­swers about their miss­ing

Fifth body re­cov­ered in Ch­aguara­mas boat­ing tragedy

A fifth body has been re­cov­ered in the search for vic­tims of Sun­day’s boat­ing tragedy off Ch­aguara­mas.

The body was found at around 1.53 pm to­day in wa­ters be­tween Point Can­nings and Staubles Bay.

The vic­tim’s iden­ti­ty has not yet been con­firmed. The body was clad in blue three-quar­ter-length pants and a white T-shirt.

The in­ci­dent oc­curred around 6.30 pm on No­vem­ber 8, when two plea­sure craft col­lid­ed near Point Can­nings, Ch­aguara­mas. One of the ves­sels sank, throw­ing sev­er­al pas­sen­gers in­to the sea. Twen­ty-six peo­ple were in­jured in the col­li­sion.

The Coast Guard, po­lice and mem­bers of the Hunter’s Search and Res­cue Team have been in­volved in the search and re­cov­ery ef­forts.

Among the bod­ies re­cov­ered ear­li­er were those of Anil Ahy­ee and Ti­tus Au­gus­tine. The iden­ti­ties of the oth­er re­cov­ered vic­tims have yet to be for­mal­ly con­firmed.