Body recovered in search for missing boat collision passengers in Trinidad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC)—The body of a man believed to be among the passengers missing following Sunday’s boating collision off Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago was recovered from the sea near Point Cannings on Wednesday, as search and rescue operations continued, the Trinidad Express has reported.

Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG) spotted the body floating in the waters near Point Cannings before recovering it and transporting it to the Coast Guard base at Staubles Bay, Chaguaramas.

Police initially reported that five passengers were missing following Sunday’s collision between two pleasure craft near Point Cannings, which left 26 people injured and several passengers thrown into the sea. The Coast Guard later said it was verifying information about a possible sixth person who was unaccounted for.