January 25, 2024
UPDATE: Man electrocuted while walking to work identified
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police have identified a man who was electrocuted in Christiana, Manchester on Thursday morning.
He is Garth McLean, 47, a resident of Job Lane in Christiana. Reports suggest that sometime before 6:00 am, McLean while walking to work got entangled in utility wires and was seen unresponsive.
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The police were alerted. Law enforcers subsequently stated that in an abundance of caution the fire department and Jamaica Public Service company were called to the scene to retrieve McLean’s body.
He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.