Essequibo: Following a boat collision at Abrams Creek, in the Upper Pomeroon River Tuesday evening President President Donald Ramotar visited the relatives today in the company of several Government officials, including Ministers.
The government, Ramotar said, will stand all funeral expenses.
The dead were identified as Vincent Singh,42, Harry Narine Bhagwadeen, Amerita Singh, 10, Rajkumar, 14, Zelda Rodriguez, 50, and one of her two sons, Sean Rodriguez, all of Abrams Creek, in the Upper Pomeroon River.
Both the 10-year-old and her 14-year old brother were traveling to their uncle’s Vincent Singh residence at Abrams Creek when they lost their lives. Bhagwadeen and Vincent are cousins.
Initial reports stated that a boat belonging to the Region Two Administration was returning from a trip at St. Monica when it collided with a boat driven by Bhagwandeen.
The impact has thrown Bhagwadeen's boat some distance which eventually ended up into Mangroves plants resulting in the death of six of the seven passengers who were in Bhagwandeen's boat.
The lone survivor of the aftermath, 12-year-old, Eli Orlando is said to be in a critical condition at the Suddie Public Hospital.
Reports are the Region boat was transporting members of the One Lap Top Family to Charity. The rains were said to be falling heavily when the Region's boat ran over Bhagwandeen's boat.
Karen Harris, Bhagwandeen's reputed wife said she last saw her husband three months ago and made several calls to him on Tuesday evening but didn't get a response.
Harris, a Primary School teacher at the Santa Rosa Primary School said her husband was hard working and the sole provider for his family.
