Boat captain still to be found month after collision with water ambulance

Claude Pollard

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) is still investigating the disappearance of Claude Pollard, the boat captain who is believed to have drowned after his vessel collided with the Bartica Hospital marine ambulance just over four weeks ago.

When contacted, Senior Superintendent Dion Moore, who is the Police Commander of Region Seven, said the investigation remains “open” and he added that police are still working to determine what occurred on the day in question.

According to a Guyana Police Force report, at about 7.15pm on January 30th, the marine ambulance was on its way to Bartica from Parika while the boat Pollard was captaining was en route to Parika from Bartica when they collided in the vicinity of Stampa Point.