Members of the Jamaica Fire Brigade, assisted by residents, search a gully in August Town, St Andrew, for nine-year-old Kyle Richards, who was washed away while on his way home duringheavy rain On Wednesday. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)
September 25, 2019
Search continues for boy washed away in August Town floodwater
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police and residents of August Town in St Andrew are still searching for nine-year-old Kyle Richards who was washed away in a gully yesterday.
Read: Boy, 9, washed away in August Town
Residents said Richards was seen about 3:00 pm struggling in a gully which became flooded after yesterday’s heavy rainfall.
An officer at the constabulary’s Corporate Communications Unit (CCU) informed OBSERVER ONLINE a short while ago that the authorities are still searching for the child.
