Teenage boy and elderly man drown in Manchester
Published:Tuesday | May 27, 2025 | 10:49 AM
The Manchester police have launched investigations into the suspected drowning of two persons in separate incidents in the parish on Monday.
The police have identified the victims as 76-year-old Edwin Ellis of Minor district, Manchester, and 17-year-old Allando Segree, a student of Troy High School in Trelawny and a resident of Craighead, Manchester.
Segree was reportedly swimming in the Craighead River about 2 p.m. when he got into difficulty and drowned.
Meanwhile Ellis' body was observed about 11:08 a.m. floating in a pond in Dykes Hill district, Spaldings.
The Christiana and Spaldings police are investigating the matters.
- Rasbert Turner
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