Six-year-old boy drowns in Hope River
Published:Monday | September 23, 2024 | 11:19 AM
A six-year-old boy drowned in the Hope River in Harbour View, St Andrew, on Sunday.
He has been identified as Nickoy Anderson, of Bayshore Park, Kingston 17.
The police say about 9:45 a.m., the child was at the river, when he fell into a hole filled with water.
He drowned before he could be rescued.
The boy was pronounced dead at the Kingston Public Hospital.
The Harbour View police are investigating.
- Rasbert Turner
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