Trinidad Search underway for fishers after Vincentian boat overturns

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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad– The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG), is currently searching for five fishers who have been missing since their vessel sank offshore the twin-island republic on Saturday.

According to the coast guard, shortly before 4 pm (local time), a distress call was made which said that St. Vincent and the Grenadines flagged vessel – the MV Fair Chance had hit rough seas and sank after its cargo shifted.

Two men survived and were picked up by a vessel from the coast guard five miles north of Monos Island. 

The vessel named Fair Chance was carrying a shipment of steel products loaded in Port of Spain.

Reports out of St Vincent and the Grenadines said that the boat’s captain, Dexter Chance, is among the missing.

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