Man dies after falling from coconut tree in Manchester
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May 8, 2025

Man dies after falling from coconut tree in Manchester

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a 60-year-old man who reportedly fell from a coconut tree in Knockpatrick, Manchester on Thursday.

Police named the man as George Pearce, a farmer of Meadesfield in Knockpatrick.

A police report said about 3:00 pm Pearce had finished picking coconuts and while descending the tree a makeshift step broke and he fell to the ground.

He was rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

His death has so far been classified as a death by misadventure pending a post mortem.

— Kasey Williams

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