Boat captain Claude Pollard is missing, while four passengers have been injured following a boat accident on Saturday (January 30th 2021)
That accident involved a Bartica Public Hospital boat ambulance and a passenger boat.
According to a police report, their enquiries disclosed at around 19:15 hrs the boat ambulance was proceeding from Parika to Bartica along the Essequibo river while the other boat was traveling from Bartica enroute to Parika and while in the vicinity of Stampa Point the two boats collided causing four of the seven passengers to receive injuries. The captain of the vessel fell into the river and was not seen again.
The police report noted that efforts to retrieve his body proved futile. The injured passengers were taken to the Bartica Public Hospital where they were seen and examined by a Doctor on duty.
The ambulance was captained by 59yr old Bernard Singh of Housing Scheme Bartica.
Investigations are in progress.