US tourist drowns after trying to help mother at Blue Hole in St Ann
ST ANN, Jamaica—A 20-year-old American tourist drowned at the Blue Hole attraction near Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Saturday, November 14, after trying to help his mother when she slipped at the top of a waterfall.
The Constabulary Communications Network (CCN) identified him as Wade Conner, a landscaper from Illinois in the United States. He was vacationing in Jamaica with his family, who were staying at a resort in St James.
Police reports are that at about 1:15 p.m., Conner’s 45-year-old mother slipped and fell at the top of the falls. Conner went to help her, slipped into the water and failed to resurface.
“Local divers, firefighters and a four-member dive team from the Jamaica Defence Force Coast Guard took part in the search and recovery operation. Conner’s body was recovered later that afternoon and handed over to the Jamaica Constabulary Force,” a representative of the CCN told Observer Online.
