Devonshire Dock.

The expert -- who may be brought in from overseas -- is to test the machine for mechanical problems.

It is understood the driver claimed his machine suffered a mechanical failure just before the smash which claimed the life of Al-Reulle Shamsid-Deen.

But yesterday a spokesman for the Police Service was tight-lipped over the progress of the inquiry.

And he refused to confirm whether the 34-year-old driver of the craft had claimed mechanical problems.

The Police spokesman said: "A thorough investigation is taking place and a file will be prepared for the Attorney General with the information gathered.'' He added: "The incident is under investigation and whatever expert advice which is needed will be acquired.'' Mr. Shamsid-Deen died after the Easter Sunday night smash less than 300 metres off Devonshire Dock.

The keen fisherman and a friend were on a night-time fishing trip near Mr.

Shamsid-Deen's home when the blue-and-white Tiara Bombardier ploughed into the starboard bow, where the dead man was sitting.

Police rescue boats and divers -- assisted by the owners of private boats -- launched a desperate search-and-rescue bid.

The other man in the small pleasure boat was thought to be unhurt, as was the driver of the jet ski, which also suffered bow damage.

But the St. David's jet ski driver was arrested at the scene on suspicion of impaired driving.

Mr. Shamsid-Deen's body was recovered from the water around two hours after Police rushed to the scene.

An autopsy was carried out on the body on Monday to establish whether Mr.

Shamsid-Deen died of drowning or injuries received in the crash.

Police have declined to issue the findings of the medical examination.

The accident has fuelled fresh fears over the use of the small, high-powered craft in Bermuda's waters.

On Monday, Transport Minister Wayne Furbert pledged that a report prepared amid safety worries over the machines was to be revamped following the fatal crash.

And he promised tough new regulations to curb dangerous use of jet skis of the Island's shores.

Boat crash probe Just after the accident, Mr. Shamsid-Deen's grieving fiancee Rosheena Beek, of Devonshire, called for a complete ban on night use of the vessels.

She said the tiny craft were often spotted off North Shore at night, travelling at high speed and carrying no navigation lights -- a legal requirement for all craft operating in darkness.

Police after the accident refused to say whether either of the craft involved were showing lights at the time of the accident.

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