Chaguaramas Boating Collision Survivor Recalls Seeing Child At Helm Before Impact

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Contrary to strong denials by former Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi, one of the survivors of the deadly boating collision in Chaguaramas on Sunday (8th November, 2026) says he recalls seeing a child operating the vessel that crashed into the one he was seated in.

Police previously said a 44-year-old man from Federation Park was captaining the BAMBALEO vessel, a 28-foot Bowen pleasure craft, around 6:30 PM on Sunday, heading East near Cannings Point, when it collided with a 29-foot Chantelle vessel named BELBAGAI, which was heading West, captained by a 35-year-old man from Point Cumana.

Five (5) people were initially reported to have been thrown overboard. However, a sixth man, identified as Jaheem Richards, was later confirmed to have been among those missing. His body was recovered earlier today (Friday 13th November, 2026) by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG). Searches are continuing for the body of one (1) remaining person.

Al-Rawi, who is representing the interest of the captain of the BAMBALEO vessel, recently denied social media reports that a child was operating the boat at the time of the incident. “There is absolutely no truth, let me repeat this, absolutely no truth to the involvement of any minor conducting any boat. That is just completely untrue,” Al-Rawi said during a Press Conference on Wednesday (11th November, 2026).

However, speaking with reporters at the Chaquacabana Resort in Chaguaramas on Thursday (12th November, 2026), injured survivor Malik Rudder said while wearing a neck brace, that he was among a group of five (5) people heading to a Down the Islands party when tragedy struck.

According to Rudder, “When I raised up, I got a glimpse, glimpse of a little short person like a child driving the other boat, coming into us and I end up sitting back down now. So, when I sit back down, the same time, the boat rammed into us and I blackout for a little bit and that is all I can remember. Everyone who was with me, I never see them again.”

Rudder said while there were life jackets for those on BELBAGAI, not everyone had them on at the time.

He said all he could recall after the crash was others shouting frantically. “I end up in the water and I kind of get lash and with the impact, I kind of fell unconscious a little bit and I came back up. When I came back up, a boat drive over us, must be the same boat that hit us. And then somebody from the boat pull me out from the water.”

After being pulled out of the water, he recalled seeing two (2) others, one with a gash to the head and another man, before those who were rescued were taken to Staubles Bay for medical attention.

Rudder said he has to undergo further medical tests, including an MRI, to ensure he had not sustained any other injuries. “It’s very traumatizing. I could hardly even sleep. It’s traumatizing. Every time I close my eyes, I see it. My neck in pain, my back in pain. I could hardly eat,” he said.

Investigations are continuing into the circumstances surrounding the fatal crash.

More on this as it becomes available. 

[Source: T&T Guardian]

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