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Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2015, 21:01 by GxMedia
Ganesh Roopnarine
The dead man has been identified as 29-year old Ganesh âShinesâ Roopnarine of Barnwell, East Bank Essequibo. No one else was injured in the mishap.
An eyewitness, Desmond Fortune, said that about 4:45 speedboat âWater Girlâ had already departed the Supenaam landing when the vesselâs engine developed problems.
âWater Girlâ was taking 18 passengers and the two-member crew to Parika.
The captain stopped the boat just at the mouth of the creek and was about to take off the engineâs cover when another boat with five passengers that was leaving for Wakenaam slammed into âWater Girlâ, according to Fortune.
The eyewitness said Roopnarine, who was wearing a lifejacket, was struck on his head and tossed overboard. The father of a one year old child was taken out of the water and rushed to the Suddie Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.