Policeman electrocuted while cutting tree
Published:Monday | March 31, 2025 | 8:21 AM
The Jamaica Constabulary Force is in mourning after one of its members was electrocuted while cutting a tree at his home in St Catherine on Sunday.
He is Sergeant William Wallace, who was assigned to the Protective Services Division of the Jamaica Constabulary Force.
It is reported that about 6:10 p.m, the policeman, who resided in Eltham Acres, was cutting branches from a tree when the hand holding the machete made contact with a high tension wire and he was electrocuted.
He was pronounced dead at the Spanish Town Hospital.
- Rasbert Turner
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