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Boat captain drowns in the Cuyuni River
Tragedy struck yesterday afternoon around 5:00pm in the Kamaria area , Cuyuni River , when 26-year-old boat captain, Charles Mc Watt, drowned while he was attempting to retrieve two sunken 75 hp Yamaha boat engines.
Charles was said to have been piloting his boat with the engines earlier this week, when it sank in the said area renowned for its treacherous rapids.
Charles that time was lucky to escape with his life, but yesterday afternoon he and others were trying to bring the engines to the surface when the air hose that was attached to him as he was below the river surface, became entangled with submerged debris.
He drowned. His colleagues on the surface, suspecting that something dreadful was amiss then successfully managed to get his body to the surface. They then took him to the Bartica Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival .
At Bartica, a tearful mother, Mrs. Brigette Mc Watt, was inconsolable while Mr. Mc Watt was making the necessary arrangements to store the body at the Bartica Public Hospital Mortuary.
Charles leaves to mourn a four-year-old son and reputed wife. (Edward A Persaud)
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