JET skis should be banned in Tobago.
This was the plea from distraught mother Salisha Jogie, whose seven-year-old daughter, Angelica Saydee Jogie, died after she was struck by a jet ski while swimming at Pigeon Point on Wednesday.
A man from Canaan Feeder Road, Tobago, was detained yesterday morning in connection with the fatal jet ski crash at Pigeon Point Heritage Park.
Police said the man was held by officers of the Tobago Divisional Task Force as investigations continue into the death of Angelica, who was a student at San Fernando TML Primary School.
The family, from Barrackpore, had travelled to Tobago for the Easter vacation.
Her mother is asking for justice in the tragic death of her daughter.
Speaking with the Express yesterday, Jogie also called for a ban on jet skis in Tobago.
“I want the whole country to know the person who did this, I want his name to be published, that’s what I want. I want the country to know. I want to have justice—not only for him but for something.
“My request is I want something to be done for those jet skis in that area in Tobago because this must always be remembered in such a way that it should never happen again, and something must be put in place for those jet skis should be removed,” she said.
Jogie continued: “I don’t want them, I don’t want anyone to have to feel the pain that I am feeling right now.”
She said the death of her daughter must be a wake-up call for incidents like these never to reoccur.
Angelica would have celebrated her eighth birthday in two weeks.
“It’s not just about the person, it’s about the future children that could be hurt by it. The person has to pay, and that is why I want something to be done,” she said.
Jogie said children of the nation must be saved.
“That is what I want. I want justice for the future children and for people in this country; something must be done about the future and the use of those jet skis in that area,” she added.
‘Ticking time bombs’
Head of the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association Reginald Mac Lean also called for a ban on jet skis in Tobago yesterday.
The jet ski involved in the incident was seized by Tobago police on Wednesday night and is now at the Crown Point Police Station.
Mac Lean said of jet skis: “They are ticking time bombs and they need to be gotten rid of; too many people around have been severely damaged and others have been killed. If these individuals are not willing to keep these jet skis out of the areas where they are not supposed to go, they should be banned completely from Trinidad and Tobago.”
He said there were many other water sports that were not as dangerous as jet skis that can be enjoyed.
