By FRANCIS JOSEPH
Two more bodies have been recovered!
The Coast Guard is now in the process of a making formal identification.
One body was found around 10 pm on Thursday at Scotland Bay. Authorities below the body was that of Titus Augustine. The other body was recovered at Cannings Point around 6 am on Friday. That brings to three bodies recovered following the two-vessel collision last Sunday off Cannings Point.
The Coast Guard is continuing the search for the other three missing persons. They are assisted by the Hunters Search and Rescue Team headed by Captain Vallence Rambharat.
The first body, that is Anil Ahyee, 38, was found in waters off Cannings Point on Thursday morning. The body was spotted by a passing boat whose members alerted the Coast Guard. The body was recovered by the Coast Guard and taken to Staubles Bay, Chaguaramas.
Two vessels collided around 6.30 p.m. on Sunday near Cannings Point, Chaguaramas.
According to police reports, the Bambaleo was travelling east when it collided with the Belbagai, which was heading west. The impact caused extensive damage to both vessels, throwing several passengers into the water. The Belbagai subsequently sank.
After the incident, six persons were injured and taken to Staubles Bay to be transported to hospital. The other persons, totaling, 26, were rescued.
At first five persons were reported missing – Keiyana Seechan, 17, Ameer Ali, 18, Anil Ahyee, Lorenzo Oliver, and Titus Augustine.
A sixth person, Jaheem Richards, was reported missing on Wednesday, when the Coast Guard said it was urgently verifying information that another person might have been unaccounted for.
