Boat operators held for questioning over Aruka River collision

Loyzal DaSilva (left) and Daveanand James (right)

Several boat operators have been taken into custody for questioning following last Thursday’s boating accident in the Aruka River, Region One, while ranks continue their efforts to retrieve the bodies of two children feared dead as a result of the accident.

On Saturday, this publication had reported the death of the two children, Loyzal DaSilva, 9, and Daveannand James, 7, of Central Kumaka, who went missing after the boat they were travelling in along the Aruka River was hit by another boat and capsized on Thursday evening.

Based on information received, the family,