AFTER several hours of intense police searching of the Mazaruni River, accompanied by professional divers from the region and concerned residents of Bartica, missing Bartica boat captain, Daniel Colinet, 51, whom a bolt of lightning flung into the river on Monday night, has still not been found.

Nevertheless, the search continued late into the day, information coming out of Bartica said.
Colinet was at the time transporting home students of the Bartica Secondary School when, at around 15:50 hrs, tragedy struck.
Residents reported experiencing a spate of intense lightning and thunder in the area at the time Colinet was transporting home the students.
Meanwhile, 13-year-old student Marco Klass, who was also injured in the mishap, was transferred from the Bartica Hospital to the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday night, where he remains warded and under doctors’ close watch.
But student Ravi Crème, who impulsively took control of steering the boat at the time of the mishap, averted greater disaster by his bravery, skill and quick thinking; and was able to pilot the vessel safely to a nearby landing until help arrived.
Reports coming out of Bartica are that some of the 13 students on board the vessel Colinet was piloting at time of the tragedy were so badly traumatized that they were unable to attend school yesterday.
Following the tragedy contact was made with Regional Chairman, Mr. Gordon Bradford, who, together with police ranks, visited the scene and inspected the vessel, the ‘Lady Emma’, owned by the Regional Administration of Region 7.