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Labourer missing after boat collision in Pomeroon River

Feb 19, 2014 News

Residents at Grant Aberdeen, Lower Pomeroon River continue to search for a Land Of Canaan, East Bank Demerara labourer, who is feared drowned, after he was hurled from the boat he was in as a result of a boat collision on Monday night.
The 23-year-old man, whose only name was given as ‘Blacka,’ was a passenger in a speedboat which was at the time being manned by 27-year-old Anthony Doodnauth when the mishap occurred.
Police at the Charity Outpost have indicated that Doodnauth, who is presently in their custody, was manning a vessel with a 40HP engine around 21:00 hrs on Monday when another boat which was travelling in the opposite direction crashed into his boat, near Grant Aberdeen.
The collision caused both Doodnauth and his passenger to be hurled into the river. But while Doodnauth managed to make it safely to the river shore, “’Blacka’ was later declared missing.
Doodnauth was subsequently assisted by residents in the area, who transported him to Charity, where he formally lodged a report with the police. He claimed that at the time of the collision, he was using a torch light to assist him to navigate the river.
Doodnauth was not in possession of the required licence to pilot the boat, and according to reports, both men were not wearing life jackets when the collision occurred.
David Dass, Doodnauth’s father, related that he and his son along with the missing 23-year-old were in the Pomeroon area since Friday last, working with a resident in the area.
Dass explained that on Monday they had finished working early and ate dinner around 7:30pm. He could not say where his son and the labourer were heading to, but later that night he received a message informing him of the incident involving the boat collision.
The carpenter stressed that he didn’t know ‘Blacka’ by any other name, but he claimed that the young labourer worked with him in various communities across the country.

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