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Puruni mishap victims still not found
Police are still to recover the bodies of two men feared dead in Monday’s boat mishap in the Puruni River, even as they investigate the circumstances that led to the tragedy.
Feared dead: George Bowman
One of the missing is George Bowman, a 35-year-old miner of Section ‘B’ South Sophia. The other man is said to be from Linden.
Initial reports had suggested that a third man was missing, but this was refuted by police yesterday.
According to reports, 16 passengers, including one woman, had travelled from the Puruni backdam to the ‘landing’ on Sunday, last, for a Father’s Day celebration.
They were heading back to the backdam on Monday afternoon when the vessel capsized. A man claiming to be an eyewitness said that the vessel overturned after it became snagged on a rope that was tied to a barge.
Bowman’s mother, Helena Smith, said that she was informed that her son, who knew to swim, was wearing long-boots when the boat capsized.
Bowman has four children aged 18, 10, three and ten months.
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