Drowned Barama worker had been underwater over 6 hours

Shawn Atkinson

Shawn Atkinson, 18, who drowned during the Barama Company Limited’s fun day on Friday, was under the water for more than six hours prior to his body’s discovery.

This is according to his father, Anton Sutherland, who said that a post-mortem examination (PME) conducted yesterday confirmed that Atkinson, of Fire Station area, Timehri, had died from drowning.

Sutherland explained that on Friday Atkinson left home as usual at