As search efforts continue for those missing following Sunday’s boating collision off Chaguaramas, Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro says investigators are working to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Speaking at the TTPS Weekly Media Briefing on Wednesday, he urged those who may have information to come forward and assist with investigations.
“I want to assure them and the general public that the investigation is being undertaken and will be thorough and will examine all the evidence which we obtain. With that in mind, I’m asking all persons who have any information as it relates to this horrible accident to come forward. Someone may have a video, someone may have witnessed something before, even after the accident, that can assist us in putting the pieces together.”
He added that investigators are not yet in a position to determine whether any criminal offences were committed, stressing that the investigation remains in its evidence-gathering stage.
“This is a fact-finding, evidence-gathering exercise at this point in time, and it’ll be a little bit premature without evidence, and thus I said in my opening salvo if anyone has any video, evidence, anything whatsoever to guide the police to putting together the pieces of the puzzle, I urge you to come forward. When we get that information then the police will be able to act in accordance with the law.”
The Commissioner also noted that video recordings are not the only form of evidence being considered, stressing that eyewitness accounts and formal witness statements remain vital to helping investigators build a complete picture of the events leading up to and following the collision.