Six school children rescued after boat sinks in Guyana
The Cuyuni River near the Eteringbang Landing. Photo: News Room
NEWSROOM
ETERINGBANG, Guyana - Six children were rescued on Tuesday after the canoe they were travelling in sank in the Cuyuni River near the Eteringbang Landing in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni).
ETERINGBANG, Guyana - Six children were rescued on Tuesday after the canoe they were travelling in sank in the Cuyuni River near the Eteringbang Landing in Region Seven (Cuyuni- Mazaruni).
The children are all pupils of the Eteringbang Primary School, Police Headquarters reported.
They were reportedly returning from school to the Venezuelan border when water penetrated their canoe causing it to sink.
Public-spirited persons saw what transpired and went to their assistance where all of the children were readily rescued.
They were later taken to the Eteringbang Health Centre where they were examined with their parents present. The children were reportedly in good physical health, though traumatized.
Disclaimer: Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) welcomes your thoughts, feedback, views, bloggs and opinions. However, by posting a blogg you are agreeing to post comments or bloggs that are relevant to the topic, and that are not defamatory, liable, obscene, racist, abusive, sexist, anti-Semitic, threatening, hateful or an invasion of privacy. Violators may be excluded permanently from making contributions. Please view our declaimer above this article. We thank you in advance for complying with VINO's policy.
.png)
Follow Us On
Disclaimer: All comments posted on Virgin Islands News Online (VINO) are the sole views and opinions of the commentators and or bloggers and do not in anyway represent the views and opinions of the Board of Directors, Management and Staff of Virgin Islands News Online and its parent company.
Leave a Reply