Latest update November 15th, 2024 1:00 AM
Tragedy strikes Berbice family as toddler drowns in drain
A 17-month-old toddler died tragically Monday after falling into a drain.
Dead is Okeskia Thomas called ‘Princess’ of Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue, New Amsterdam, who lost her life by drowning.
Her father, Otheia Thomas, 23, was in police custody until 14:00 hrs yesterday assisting with the investigation. The baby’s mother, Nakaice Blair, was treated at New Amsterdam Hospital and sent to a relative’s home to rest.
When Kaieteur News visited the home of the family at Timmers Dam, Angoy’s Avenue no one was available for a comment.
However, her paternal grandmother, Valarie Thomas, said that her son, who is a carpenter, came from work around 17:30 hrs on Monday and was liming on the street.
The drain in which Okeskia Thomas was found.
His daughter, who was with her mother at a relative, on seeing her father ran out to meet him. He reportedly got distracted after meeting a friend. It is believed that at that point in time the little girl decided to return to her mother. It is believed that she slipped into the drain which is in front of the relative’s home.
Kaieteur News was told that a few minutes after, her mother, seeking the whereabouts of her child could find no signs of her. A frantic search was made and her father made the shocking discovery.
One neighbor said that the child’s body was still warm and CPR was administered by her father. A community police officer who was on the scene said she also assisted in giving CPR.
A motorcycle was used to transport the child to the hospital since no taxis were available.
At the hospital, angry relatives said that if the doctor on duty had attended to the child immediately, she would have been alive. They claimed that the doctor took his own time to attend to the child.
The toddler is the only child of her parents who have been living together for a year now and were high school sweethearts.
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