ANOTHER REEF BOAT SINKS

Yet another party boat has sunk at the Buccoo Reef Marine Park in Tobago......More in this Elizabeth Williams report.

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00:00The voice of a relative in search of one passenger on board the rush hour glass bottom

00:13vessel that sank last Saturday in the nylon pool. According to a police report at around

00:27the 4 p.m. on Saturday 25th October 2025 rush hour glass bottom owned by a show in Melville

00:36age 55 of Milford Court departed Pigeon Point jetty with approximately 65 persons and proceeded

00:44on a reef tour when it was reported that around the 6 15 p.m. whilst at nylon pool jetty the boat

00:52experienced difficulties when persons came on board from other reef boats causing it

00:57to become overloaded. As a result the rear of the vessel sank causing the boat to ground

01:04off. Approximately 38 persons were conveyed to Gibson jetty by Pirog operators and approximately

01:12eight persons were conveyed to the Pigeon Point jetty. Corporal Lewis and WPC Caesar of the Crown

01:20Point Police Station responded. All persons were brought to shore safely with no injuries

01:25reported. This is the second such incident reported within the month of October with another vessel

01:33Cool Runnings suffering a similar fate on October 4th. A committee has since been established headed

01:40by Chairman Alan Stewart to institute protocols for the park. During an interview with TV6 News

01:47previously, Chief Secretary Farley Augustine called on the government to pass the necessary laws to have

01:54the regularizing of reef tour operators at the Bucco Reef Marine Park as it is only so much the THA

02:02can do with respect to present policies in place. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.