Guyana: Two girls drown during birthday celebration outing at Enchanter Creek

A birthday celebration with the family in Guyana turned tragic when two young girls, Akira La Rose, aged 10, and Joylyn Jack, aged 11, went missing while playing in the water. Both the girls were found dead in the water after the search, and the reason cited was drowning.

It is to be noted that the incident took place around 3:30 PM on September 8, Sunday, at the Enchanter Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, Guyana, while the family was on an outing to celebrate the birthday of one of the girls, now dead.

The information of the incident has been shared by the Guyana Police Force. They shared that the deceased Akira La Rose, 10 years old, was resident of Lot 95 Stewartville, West Coast Demerara and Joylyn Jack, aged 11 years old lived at Lot 1726 Tuschen, West Coast Demerara.

Both the girls went to the creek with, Allison Klass, 53-year-old, who is grandmother of the deceased girls, Oswald Jack, father of Joylyn Jack. The family shared that they went to celebrate Akira LaRose’s10th birthday at Enchanter Creek and have a family time.

Further they shared that as everyone settled and started having fun both the girls went into the water to play, after the time passed by the family started searching for them, but were unable to do so.

Immediately, they informed the visitors and authorities, which led to the prompt formation of the search party. The search team found two bodies during the search operation, and when taken out, they were unresponsive.

Both the girls were immediately transported to the Diamond Diagnostics Centre. Where they were pronounced dead by the doctors, and on examination by both police and doctors, no mark on the body was found.

As the Police were investigating the matter, it was drowning that took their lives or some foul play.

Later, the bodies were sent for a post-mortem examination and will be afterward taken to the Memorial Gardens Funeral Home.

The locals on social media have been sharing about similar tragedies in which they lost their loved ones and have expressed condolences to the family.

One user named Mervyth Duncan commented, “People don’t hear. Those Ill-equipped tourist attractions need to be closed and properly certified and regulated. I had a nephew who drowned at one of them in July 2001. I will never go to none of them.”

The Guyana Police Force is conducting the investigation and have advised the residents to be vigilant while near the water bodies with kids.