Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard searches for at least 5 missing after boat crash
Coast Guard and police are searching for five people after the collision injured several passengers and sent others to St. James Medical Complex.
- On Sunday evening, a collision between the 28-foot BAMBALEO and 29-foot BELBAGAI off Chaguaramas prompted a major Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard search-and-rescue operation for five missing passengers.
- The impact occurred around 6.30 p.m. near Point Cannings, causing the BELBAGAI to sink and throwing several passengers into the water.
- Coast Guard divers, supported by the Hunters Search and Rescue Team, are scouring the waters between Staubles Bay and Gasparee for the unaccounted individuals.
- Six injured passengers were transported to the St. James Medical Complex for treatment, while all 17 people aboard the BAMBALEO reached the shore safely.
- The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is investigating the collision circumstances as authorities continued searching on Monday, with relatives of the missing gathered at the beach awaiting updates.
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