Teen who went to Linden for Town Week drowns at Rockstone

Adiel Thomas, an 18-year-old student of 14th Avenue, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD), reportedly drowned on Monday at Rockstone, in Region 10.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) reported that Thomas and some friends travelled to Linden for the Town Week celebrations. On arrival, they decided to visit Rockstone for a site-seeing expedition. They hired a boat and went further to Mosura Island, where they took photographs.

It is alleged that Thomas decided to swim in the river and even invited his friends to join him. However, they declined, so he proceeded into the river alone and began swimming to the deeper part.

His friends claimed that they were conversing while he was swimming, and after a few minutes, they turned to look for him but did not see him.

An alarm was immediately raised, but they received no response. The incident was reported to the police, and a search party was formed to recover the body. The body was recovered, and an investigation was launched.