JOSE Henrique Salvao De Souza, 66, of Junior Ross Landing, Cuyuni and Bisham Munilall, five, of Charlotte Street, Georgetown are now dead after the boat in which they were travelling in Region Seven’s Cuyuni River hit a rock at Dukwari and spilled several passengers into the river.

According to the police, the accident occurred Monday at around 16:00hrs; only DeSouza has so far been recovered.

Investigations are in progress.