Mandiesaftercanoehitbyspeedboat

A60-year-old labourer presently in custody assisting with traveling in the vicinity of Church was on Sunday killed the necessary investigations Hill, Karawab. The brothers soon after a speedboat Shivbarran noted, however, that realized that they had hit a small powered by a 15 HP investigators will have to release wooden canoe but when they outboard engine knocked over his them on station bail because his looked back in the river, they did wooden canoe in the Pomeroon ranksareonlyallowedtokeepthem notseeanyone. River,RegionTwo. incustodyfor72hrsandthattimeis Kaieteur News understandsthat

The dead man has been almostup. the boat was left floating but there identified as Harold Edwards of Nevertheless, investigations wasnosignofEdwards.

KarawabVillage, Upper Pomeroon will continue to determine whether The brothers continued on their River Edwards’ Canoe was they are responsible for Edwards’ journey and reported what reportedly struck by the speedboat death. happened to a relative. It was later around19:45hrs. The arrested brothers alleged discovered that Edwards was in the According Police Commander thattheywerereturninghomefrom boatatthetimeoftheaccident. of the Region Two district, watching a cricket game at the The matter was reported police

Khemraj Shivabarran, Edwards Makasima Playground located in and a search was launched for detainedandtheirboatlodgedatthe Meanwhile,anautopsydoneon was reportedly fishing in the river the upper Pomeroon River when Edwards. CharityPoliceStation. Edwards’bodyshowedthathedied whenhemethisdemise. theaccidenttookplace. His body was discovered on Edwards’ canoe was recovered from blunt trauma to the head. He

Two men, identified as the Theyrecalledthattheirboathad Monday when police fished it out tooandtherewasvisibledamageto alsodrowned. boat’s captain and his brother are struck something while they were of the river The brothers were oneside. Investigationsareongoing.