Georgetown: Another woman plunged to her death from Kaieteur Falls on Saturday, forcing authorities to once again suspend all tours to the tourist site.
Dead is 21-year-old Roshinee Pagwah of Reliance, Canje, Berbice, Regio Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
According to information, the former New Amsterdam Multilateral School student was successful in her attempts despite desperate efforts to stop her.
Captain Gerald Gouveia said that the staff at the Kaieteur National Park did everything they can to stop the woman from jumping but she reportedly made a “rugby move” on the rangers and jumped to her death. Gouveia stated that attempts to retrieve the woman’s body commenced with the aid of the Special Forces of the Guyana Defence Force.
At the home of the young woman – who was an employee of the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL), New Amsterdam location – her mother, Indra Pagwah was in total shock and disbelief.
She said that her only child left home at about 05:30h on Saturday with a friend in the village claiming that she was travelling to Georgetown to clear a barrel. She said later in the morning, she received a text message from her daughter and it was a photograph of the now dead woman with a caption that reads “I coming home before midnight”.
She said that she learnt of her daughter’s death via social media. “She nah had no problem… she was quite and always use to enjoy she self wherever she go. I can’t say what get into she fuh she do something like this,” the woman cried.
The dead woman’s parents separated a while now but up to the time of her demise, she lived with her mother and aunt.
Meanwhile, the Tourism Ministry in a press statement noted “the Ministry of Tourism and the Protected Areas Commission regretfully reports that a female visitor to Kaieteur Falls jumped over the Falls this morning, in an apparent suicide. Based on early reports, a tour group of nine and two guides (1 Kaieteur Ranger and a staff member of Roraima Airways) was about to be taken back to their aircraft, when a female passenger turned, ran towards the Falls, and jumped into the gorge. The tour guides on duty were unsuccessful in intercepting her dash. Efforts are underway to locate the body, and gather statements from all witnesses.”
The Ministry wishes to inform the general public that due to this incident, the Kaieteur National Park will be closed until further notice as investigations are conducted by the Guyana Police Force. Reports indicate that revised tour protocols, including two guides per tour, regular head counts and the reporting of unusual behaviour, were in place and observed at the time of the incident. “
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