Police in Regional Division #2 (Pomeroon/Supenaam) are investigating an incident that claimed the life of three-year-old Alaia Etwaroo, a preschool student from the Essequibo Coast.
The incident occurred at about 17:20hrs yesterday (Wednesday, March 19th, 2025) at Lot 98, ‘EX Mouth’, Essequibo Coast.
Enquiries revealed that Alaia lived at the above-mentioned address with her mother, Saudia Hannif, a 28-year-old housewife and her father, Ganesh Etwaroo, a 30-year-old rice farmer, along with other family members.
According to Ganesh Etwaroo, on March 19, 2025, at about 17:20 hrs, his two daughters, Alaia and four-year-old Sarfeena Etwaroo, were playing on the western side of the yard when Saudia Hannif heard a loud noise coming from that area.
Upon checking, she discovered her daughter Alaia lying on the ground with a metal gate on top of her. Alaia was immediately picked up and was bleeding from a wound on her forehead. She was rushed to the Charity Public Hospital, where the doctor pronounced her dead on arrival.
A metal gate measuring approximately 10 feet in length and six feet in height was found on the ground, and what appeared to be blood stains were seen in the immediate area where the gate had fallen.
Investigations are in progress.
