Man still missing following collision of boats in Pomeroon

Kelton Benjamin

One man remains missing following a collision in the Pomeroon River on Sunday evening which has raised renewed questions about safe navigation in the hours of darkness.

Missing and feared dead is 21-year-old Kelton Benjamin of Lima, Essequibo Coast while Barry Fraser is nursing injuries to his feet.

Speaking with Stabroek News, Ulanda Fraser who was a passenger in the boat said that they were proceeding on the right bank of the Pomeroon River in the vicinity of Charity, heading to the Lower Pomeroon when a bigger vessel crashed into them.