Jun 28, 2010
Man Electrocuted While Picking Breadfruits
52 year old Carlington Parkinson, was electrocuted yesterday afternoon, after he became entangled in Jamaica Public Service Co. (JPSCo) high tension wires at his home in Belmont District, Westmoreland.
According to reports, at about 3 p.m. yesterday, Parkinson climbed a breadfruit tree in his yard, and was in the process of picking the fruit, when he became entangled with the wires. He sustained severe burns, and was taken to the Sav-la-mar Hospital where he died.