Regional boat did not run over speedboat, says Region 2 chairman

Regional Chairman of Region 2, Parmanand Persaud yesterday denied allegations that the boat he was travelling in ran over the speedboat in which six persons were killed in the Pomeroon River last week and that his boat did not stop to render assistance.

On Tuesday, December 18, a boat owned by the Region Two administration and another owned and piloted by Harrinarine Bhagwandin, 42, of Abrams Creek, Upper Pomeroon River, collided while travelling in the vicinity of Siriki, Upper Pomeroon River.

Persaud said that on the