Andr? Williams, STAR Writer
A Rural St Andrew community was plunged into mourning following a freak accident which claimed the life of man who fell from a light pole during an alleged attempt to restore power to his dwelling on Saturday.
Ricardo Hamilton, 26, a gardener, died after being electrocuted while attempting to configure wires on a Jamaica Public Service (JPS) pole located on Airy Castle Road.
Reports are that Hamilton fell from the pole and fell to the ground unconscious. His body was burned burned, almost beyond recognition.
passing motorist
Residents told our news team that it was a passing motorist who spotting his body on the roadway.
After it rains
“When we rush out and reach to him, him bun up bad bad, mi sorry fi him but people nuh fi mess with currant, especially after it rains. Light did gone for a short time, I don’t know but the currant must have hit him bad because he was a black man already and when we see him, him black black black and was frothing, the only thing was to rush him to hospital and try save him,” a resident said.
Hamilton’s common-law-wife Samantha, was at work when she got the news.
She said, “I got a call minutes after 5 p.m. and when I went to the hospital I saw him. He was a trying and helpful person. I was told that he got shock and drop off the light post, but when it happened he was alone, is pass someone passing and saw him and took him to the police station and from there to the hospital”.
The Stony Hill police confirmed the death and said a thorough investigation would be launched.
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