Two Boats Collide Off Chaguaramas, Leaving Five People Missing

Fishermen and Friends of the Sea has urged authorities to launch a full search-and-rescue effort after Sunday’s boating collision left five people missing, while accusing successive governments of failing to address maritime safety. The group also wants an independent probe into reports that a juvenile was driving a powerful vessel at speed, and it is pressing for long-delayed fisheries laws and stricter enforcement.

Five people, including 17-year-old Kieyanna Seechan, remain missing after a collision between two pleasure crafts off Staubles Bay, Chaguaramas, on Sunday night. The crash killed or injured several passengers, prompted a large search and rescue effort, and has renewed calls for stricter licensing and enforcement of small-vessel safety rules in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard is searching waters off the north-western peninsula after two vessels collided on Sunday evening, leaving five people missing. Several others were rescued with non-life-threatening injuries and taken to hospital, while the TTPS Air Support Unit is helping with the search as authorities continue rescue efforts.

The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard is searching for several unaccounted-for people after two vessels collided off the north-western peninsula on Sunday evening. Some rescued passengers had non-life-threatening injuries and were taken by TTCG ambulance for medical care, while police air support is assisting the ongoing operation.

Two pleasure boats collided off Chaguaramas near Point Cannings on Sunday evening, leaving at least six people injured, one vessel sunk and five passengers missing, including a 17-year-old girl. The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, police and air units launched a sea-and-air search as rescued passengers were taken for medical treatment.

Five people, including an 18-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl, remained missing after a speedboat collision near the Chaguaramas Coast Guard Base on Sunday evening. The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, with police air support and search-and-rescue teams, is still searching while several injured passengers were taken for treatment.