Mom’s only son drowns at Rio Seco pool

A hik­ing ex­pe­di­tion by a gaggle of peo­ple from Battle­ren­vale, Guaico, San­gre Grande to Rio Seco Wa­ter­falls finish­ed in tragedy when a younger man drowned.

Tris­tan Math­i­son, 19, a Type 6 stu­dent of Man­zanil­la Excessive, dis­ap­peared un­der­wa­ter on the Rio Seco pool. Fam­i­ly and associates lat­er pulled out his life­much less physique from the wa­ter.

A tear­ful Renukah, Math­i­son’s woman­buddy, mentioned af­ter bathing they sat on the rocks chat­ting when mem­bers of the group informed them it was “time to rack up.”

She mentioned Math­i­son informed her, ” ‘Ba­by, I’m going­ing for the final dip.’ ” Renukah mentioned she begged him to not go as each­one was prepared to depart, however he didn’t lis­ten. He went in­to the wa­ter whereas the oth­ers seemed on.

A number of min­utes lat­er they noticed his head and be­lieved that he was float­ing, then he dis­ap­peared. By the point they rushed in­to the wa­ter he was al­prepared useless.

“I screamed and fell on the bottom say­ing why this has to hap­pen once I noticed his life­much less physique be­ing tak­en out from the wa­ter and positioned on the financial institution of the pool,” Renukah mentioned.

On the fam­i­ly’s dwelling, Stacey Trim, the moth­er of the de­ceased, in tears, mentioned he was her on­ly son.

“He has made me proud to date. He was very in­tel­li­gent and was a Type 6 stu­dent at Man­zanil­la Excessive and was sup­posed to put in writing ex­am­i­na­tions.”

She mentioned he awoke round 6 am on Fri­day and informed her he was go­ing on a hike to Matu­ra. “He went and present­er and re­turned in my mattress­room and lie with me on the mattress. He informed me he’s look­ing for a job, will work within the evening and examine within the day. He checked out me 3 times after which requested for some per­fume, which I gave to him. He then left.”

Trim mentioned she re­ceived a name round 7 pm on Fri­day from his woman­buddy who informed her he had drowned.

“I used to be shocked and was capable of say an­oth­er phrase. My boy was a lov­ing, dis­ci­plined and automotive­ing youngster. I couldn’t ask for a wager­ter son.”

Po­lice of­fi­cers led by W Sgt Her­nan­dez and in­clud­ing PCs Paul, Dan­drade and WPC Seedani of Matu­ra Po­lice re­spond­ed. Vis­it­ing the scene had been ASP Gabriel Joseph and of­fi­cers of the Crime Scene In­ves­ti­ga­tion in San­gre Grande.

Po­lice con­tact­ed Dis­trict Med­ical Of­fi­cer Dr Nzed­i­ma who seen the physique and or­dered it re­moved to the San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal mor­tu­ary.

WPC Seedani of Matu­ra Po­lice Sta­tion is con­tin­u­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion.

On Thurs­day Lyn­don Clement, 27, of Tumpuna Street drowned when he went for a swim at a pri­vate seashore in Blan­chisseuse.

Each males had been con­tra­ven­ing the Pub­lic Well being Reg­u­la­tions im­posed as a re­sult of the COVID-19 virus.