A ten-year-old boy drowned over the long Easter holidays. Davin Zelaya and his family went for a swim in Gracie Rock yesterday afternoon. According to the boy's 13 year old sister, as he entered the river, he went down and never came back up.
With help from some young men in the area, Zelaya's body was recovered from the water about an hour latr. With the consent of her mother, Zelaya's 13 year old sister, Monika Sulph told us what she recalled happened.
Monika Sulph - Sister of Deceased
"Well, all that happened is that, when we reached at the place, we just with into the water and we all went in. He was the first to go in and he went underneath the water and he didn't come up back. So I went - we went to our parents and that's all that happened. We were all very excited to go in the water because we were in the van for a long time trying to find this place, and when we reached he was excited to go in the water, so as we reached we went right in."
Monica Bodden
"So he didn't had anytime to swim or anything, it just happened the minute you guys went in the water."
Monika Sulph
"It just happened as quickly as we went in the water. Everybody that went were looking for him, we were all looking for him and just the men that went in the water to dive for him."
Monica Bodden
"They were villagers?"
Monika Sulph
"They were people that went along with us."
It was the family's first time swimming at Gracie Rock. Zelaya was a standard 2 student at Ladyville Seventh Day Adventist Primary School. His funeral will be held on Friday.
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