Beckles calls for thorough probe into fatal Chaguaramas boating collision

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has called for a thor­ough in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to Sun­day’s fa­tal boat­ing col­li­sion off Ch­aguara­mas, de­scrib­ing the in­ci­dent as a tragedy of a mag­ni­tude no fam­i­ly should have to en­dure.

Speak­ing to re­porters out­side Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, Beck­les said the loss of life had been par­tic­u­lar­ly painful for the af­fect­ed fam­i­lies, re­call­ing that she vis­it­ed the home of one of the miss­ing men, along­side Diego Mar­tin West MP Hans Des Vi­gnes, ear­li­er in the day.

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She said rel­a­tives re­ceived a tele­phone call in­form­ing them that a body had been re­cov­ered while she was at the home. Beck­les and Des Vi­gnes ac­com­pa­nied them to the Care­nage Po­lice Sta­tion.