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MV Barima survivor fears wife, child died in sinking

By Staff Editor Sun, July 19 2026, 10:26 AM GMT-4

Wayne Kitson, an eighteen-year-old survivor of last night’s capsizing of the MV Barima fears that his wife and daughter have died in the tragedy.

In an interview with Kiskadee Watch at Charity he said that he was in the water from around 10 pm to 4 am this morning after the capsizing.

When he spoke to Kiskadee Watch his arm was in a makeshift sling as he had suffered a dislocation.

Kitson said he is from Port Kaituma. He said that passengers aboard the ferry had been asleep when all of a sudden it `canted’ (tilted) and people were flung into the water. He said he had to swim in the water and there was no sign of his wife and daughter.

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