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Dec 24, 2012 News
The six victims of last Tuesday’s speedboat accident in the Pomeroon were laid to rest yesterday at La Belle Alliance, Essequibo Coast, with hundreds, including government and regional officials turning out to pay their last respects.
The victims are boat captain Harrynarine Bhagwandeen; Velda Rodrigues, 50; Shawn Anthony, 14; Rajkumar Singh, 14 and his sister Amerieta Singh, 10; and Vincent Singh, 42.
Pastor Colin Samuels of the Restoration Ministries at Richmond Village conducted the funeral proceedings.
Among those present were Cornel Damon, PPP Member of Parliament, Region Two Vice Chairman, Vishnu Samaroo and former PPP Civic stalwart Isahack Basir.
Ten-year-old Amrita Singh had attended the Charity Primary, while her brother, Rajkumar Singh, attended the Eight of May Secondary School.
Forty-two-year-old Vincent Singh had returned from the interior where he worked for the past four years. He was taking his niece, Amrita, and her brother to spend time with their grandmother at Abrams Creek when misfortune struck.
Harrinarine Bhagwandeen was described as a devout Hindu who later converted to Christianity.
He was described as a loving and caring individual who was the strength of his family.
Beverly Narine, the mother of 14-year-old Rajkumar Singh and ten-year-old Amerieta Singh, told Kaieteur News that Government officials provided four caskets, along with tins of milk and 15 boxes of biscuits.
Mrs. Singh said that the family was promised an additional $400,000.
The victims were travelling in a vessel piloted by Bhagwandeen when it crashed into a larger vessel belonging to the Regional Administration.
The lone survivor, 12-year-old Eli Anthony, was released from the Suddie Public Hospital on Friday.
The captain of the Region Two boat was detained but subsequently released on $60.000 thousand dollars bail.
The police have indicated that they are seeking advice from the chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
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