Man missing after Pomeroon boat collision

One of the boats in the accident (Police photo)

Boat captain Regan Rodriguez is missing after a collision between two boats on the Pomeroon River yesterday afternoon.

The police say that inquiries disclosed that Andel Garraway, a 23-year-old licensed boat captain, was the lone occupant in a wooden Balahoo, measuring  21 feet in length by 8 feet in width and powered by a 250 Hp Yamaha outboard engine. The Balahoo was proceeding from the Charity Wharf to Grant Phoenix Park, Lower Pomeroon River when it hit another wooden Balahoo (measuring 14 feet in length by 4 feet in width and powered by a 5 Hp Yahama engine.

The smaller vessel was captained by Regan Rodriguez, a 40-year-old farmer of Charity Housing Scheme, who was proceeding North in the Pomeroon  River.