MANCHESTER, Jamaica— An 83-year-old man succumbed to injuries he sustained after he fell from the platform of a water tank at a house on Woodlawn Road, George’s Valley in Manchester on Sunday.

Police identified the man as Michael Williams otherwise called “Mike”, a resident of Comfort district in the parish.

A police state that about 11:00 am, Williams while visiting a relative’s home and while doing property maintenance climbed onto an area where two water tanks are located.

Police theorise that Williams missed his step and fell from the water tank platform onto a rock resulting in a wound to his forehead.

He was pronounced dead at hospital.

This latest incident is the second reported death by misadventure in Manchester in recent days.

On Thursday, 60-year-old Robert Dawes died after he was struck by several lengths of steel being delivered by a truck in Balvenie Heights, Mandeville.

— Kasey Williams