Latest update February 10th, 2025 2:25 PM
Boat Captain perishes in mysterious Pomeroon River mishap
Police on the Essequibo coast are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 44-year-old boat Captain Victor Waziram, called ‘Son’, formerly of Charity Housing Scheme whose body was recovered yesterday morning.
Waziram was the victim of a boat mishap while he was returning home after delivering produce to shops in the Barama area.
The incident reportedly occurred sometime after 21:00 hours on Saturday. Waziram sustained severe injuries to the back of his head, chin and upper body. He was transported to the Oscar Joseph Hospital where he was examined by a doctor, who later pronounced him dead.
Two other persons, who were in the boat, survived and are assisting the police with their investigations.
The boat with its 75 horse power engine that Waziram was manning at the time is now submerged and investigators are moving to retrieve it in an effort to ascertain what caused the mishap.
Dead: Victor Waziram
The circumstances surrounding his death are still unclear.
There are reports that suggest that Waziram was run over and killed by another boat.
Police have not detained or named any suspect in the recent incident.
They were hoping that 67-year-old, Irma Burnette, who is one of the survivors, could have provided them with an accurate account of what happened.
The woman was summoned by the police to lodge a statement at the Charity Outpost.
Burnette, who sustained injuries to her back and head, recalled being rescued by an Amerindian man who she said was the other passenger in the boat captained by Waziram.
According to Burnette, Waziram’s boat was towing another vessel and during the journey to Charity the rope burst and the dead Captain stopped to replace it with a stronger rope.
Burnette said she got up and sat at the bow of the boat, while the other passenger was shining a huge light for the Captain to see where he was going, since the place was dark.
She recalled that while they were about one mile from the Pomeroon river mouth, they “struck something” and the boat began to sink.
Burnette managed to hold on to the boat that Waziram was towing and stayed afloat until day clean when a boat from Moruca came up and she was rescued and taken to the Police at the Charity Outpost where she gave a statement .
“Apparently I fell asleep but I don’t know what happened, except for waking up Sunday morning,” the elderly woman recalled.
She however remembered seeing the other passenger clinging on to a tree trunk but she could not say what happened to him after, neither could she say what had happened to Waziram. It was not until the police returned to the scene of the incident that they found Waziram tied to the boat he was towing. They have not been able to locate the other passenger.
Irma Burnette
Burnette lost all of her belongings that were in Waziram’s boat.
Allison Waziram, the Captain’s daughter recalled receiving a call from her dad on Friday morning, requesting that she inform her mother Shirley that he was coming home.
The distraught daughter said that on Sunday morning, some of her father’s friends visited their home and relayed the news about his demise.
She said that at first her mother was in disbelief but she was later convinced by the police.
The police have recovered a large sum of money from Waziram’s pockets.
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