Two-year-old Kwakwani boy drowns

Tauren McLennon, a two-year-old boy, from Kwakwani Waterfront drowned on Wednesday, Police reported.

The child’s mother Tamika Joaquin, 39, said the toddler went to the Berbice River shortly after 15:00 hrs Wednesday afternoon to take a bath and subsequently disappeared. The matter was later reported to the Police.

A search was carried out in the river by residents and Tauren’s lifeless body was recovered. The child was taken to the Kwakwani Hospital and pronounced dead. The body is at the hospital’s morgue, awaiting a post-mortem examination.

Further investigations are in progress.