GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Sept. 26, 2014 – A Brazilian woman was killed in a boat collision and fire on the Mazaruni area Friday afternoon.
Police later issued a statement, saying that investigations have so far revealed that the boats, captained by Eugene Charles, 58, of Parika, East Bank Essequibo and Clifton Melville, 19, of Fifth Avenue, Bartica, were proceeding along the Mazaruni River with passengers when they collided.
Jifele Brasilaira Vierra De Sales- Lie Akigia, 31, fell overboard and disappeared under the water.
A search was conducted and the woman was later found and taken to the Bartica Hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
At the time of the accident, she and other persons were transporting cargo to the Puruni.
The two vessels collided in the Mazaruni River, in the vicinity of an area known as All-boys.
