Trelawny man dead, another hospitalised; toxic fumes suspected
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — A Trelawny man is dead while another man is battling for life at the Falmouth Public General Hospital after becoming ill while sleeping in a furniture shop. It is suspected that the men inhaled fumes from a standby generator in the building.
The deceased has been identified as 40-year-old Gayon Dunbar, who was of a “Site” Carey Park, Trelawny address.
According to residents, Dunbar and the other man were sleeping inside a furniture shop on 85 Market Street, Falmouth, Trelawny on Wednesday might where the standby generator was locked inside the building.
When they were not seen early Thursday morning a friend went to check on them when it was discovered that they suffered inhalation.
They were taken to hospital where Dunbar was pronounced dead and his friend admitted in serious condition.
The tragedy left residents of the 85 Market Street, who described Dunbar as a quiet individual devastated.
His sister, a distraught Cordia Moulton told reporters that she had to withhold the news from their mother, who is a patient at the Falmouth Public General Hospital.
“He does not leave my side. Me don’t have no words to say. No matter where I go he won’t leave my side,” Moulton bemoaned.
“I can’t tell my mother because my mother is in the hospital,” she added.
She recounted that she was inside her house when her spouse, who discovered that the two men were ill, informed her of the sad news.
“I was inside the house when I heard the crying outside and I said it must be somebody dead. Then my spouse came and said I must calm down,” she disclosed.
Sad faced residents of 85 Market Street also called ‘Ghetto’, recounted that baker by professional but is a hardworking man who does everything for a living.
“He was such a quiet individual. It was only last night he charged a phone for me. Me can’t believe say this really happened,” an elderly woman muttered.
Dunbar, who is survived by five children, is said to be a baker by professional “but is a hardworking man who does everything for a living”.
— Horace Hines
