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Police have confirmed that a body recovered off Monos Island on Thursday was unrelated to the search for people missing after Sunday’s boating collision off Chaguaramas, the Trinidad Express reported. The clarification followed the separate recovery of Anil Ahyee, one of six people reported missing after the collision. His recovery left five people still unaccounted for. According to the report, Ahyee’s body was spotted shortly before 9 a.m. floating a short distance offshore from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard headquarters at Staubles Bay. Coast Guard personnel recovered the body and brought it to the bay. The recovery was confirmed by a police source and the Hunters Search and Rescue Team. The team’s leader, Captain Vallence Rambharat, said Coast Guard personnel had retrieved Ahyee. His mother, Elizabeth Ahyee, subsequently expressed gratitude that her son had been found, despite the painful circumstances. Those still missing were identified as Keiyana Seechan, 17; Ameer Mohammed, 18; Lorenzo Oliver, 35; Titus Augustine, 25; and Jaheem Richards, 25. Coast Guard personnel, police officers and members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team continued searching on Thursday. The collision occurred at about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, near Point Cannings. It involved two pleasure craft, the 28-foot Bambaleo and the 29-foot Belbagai. According to police reports cited by the Express, Bambaleo was travelling east and Belbagai west when they collided. Both vessels sustained extensive damage, several passengers were thrown into the sea and Belbagai subsequently sank. The incident left 26 people injured. Police’s clarification establishes that the separate Monos Island discovery does not account for another person missing from that collision.
Police have confirmed that a body recovered off Monos Island on Thursday was unrelated to the search for people missing after Sunday’s boating collision off Chaguaramas, the Trinidad Express reported.
The clarification followed the separate recovery of Anil Ahyee, one of six people reported missing after the collision. His recovery left five people still unaccounted for.
According to the report, Ahyee’s body was spotted shortly before 9 a.m. floating a short distance offshore from the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard headquarters at Staubles Bay. Coast Guard personnel recovered the body and brought it to the bay.
The recovery was confirmed by a police source and the Hunters Search and Rescue Team. The team’s leader, Captain Vallence Rambharat, said Coast Guard personnel had retrieved Ahyee. His mother, Elizabeth Ahyee, subsequently expressed gratitude that her son had been found, despite the painful circumstances.
Those still missing were identified as Keiyana Seechan, 17; Ameer Mohammed, 18; Lorenzo Oliver, 35; Titus Augustine, 25; and Jaheem Richards, 25. Coast Guard personnel, police officers and members of the Hunters Search and Rescue Team continued searching on Thursday.
The collision occurred at about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday, November 8, near Point Cannings. It involved two pleasure craft, the 28-foot Bambaleo and the 29-foot Belbagai. According to police reports cited by the Express, Bambaleo was travelling east and Belbagai west when they collided.
Both vessels sustained extensive damage, several passengers were thrown into the sea and Belbagai subsequently sank. The incident left 26 people injured. Police’s clarification establishes that the separate Monos Island discovery does not account for another person missing from that collision.
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