Father of a victim in Paria diving tragedy dies

The father of Rishi Nagassar has died. Rishi was one of the four Paria diving tragedy victims.

Guardian Media has learnt that Siew Nagassar, Rishi’s father, died on November 24. He was 82 years old.  It is understood funeral arrangements are still being finalised

Officials of both Paria Fuel Trading Company and Land & Marine Contracting Services (LMCS) have denied 15 charges under the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act, related to an incident in 2022, which claimed the lives of four LMCS divers.

On February 25, 2022, LMCS divers—Christopher Boodram, Fyzal Kurban, Rishi Nagassar, Yusuf Henry and Kazim Ali Jr—were sucked into the 30-inch diameter pipeline on which they were performing maintenance work at Paria’s Pointe-a-Pierre facility. All were seriously injured but Boodram managed to make his way to the entrance of the pipeline and was rescued.

LMCS officials were blocked from attempting to rescue their colleagues.

Three of the divers’ bodies were recovered on February 28, while Nagassar’s was recovered the following day.

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