The body of 47-year-old farmer Orton Benjamin of Grant Recess, Lower Pomeroon River was yesterday discovered in the wee hours of the morning by his relatives who had been searching for him since Wednesday.
A Coastguard vessel had collided with Benjamin’s boat while he was taking his wife, a teacher, to work around 8.45 am on Wednesday. The couple also had a five-year-old relative in the boat, who managed to swim ashore after the collision and escaped unhurt.
The man’s wife, Simone Benjamin, was rescued and subsequently admitted to the
