Kingston man hospitalised after electrocution during hurricane prep
Toriann Ellis / Our Today
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PEAK: Now strengthened to category five intensity, Hurricane Melissa skirts close to the southern shores of Jamaica ahead of a fateful northeasterly turn that meteorologists project will take her through the parish of St Elizabeth, as seen in this satellite-generated time-lapse of weather conditions dominating the Caribbean as at 5:40 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) on Monday, October 27, 2025. (Content courtesy of NOAA/NHC)
A man was rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) Sunday afternoon after he was electrocuted while cutting a tree on Fitzgerald Avenue in Kingston.
Reports are that the man came into contact with live electrical wires while carrying out the task and subsequently fell from the tree, landing on the roof of a nearby building.
Residents who were engaged in cleanup activities as Category Five Hurricane Melissa approached assisted him to the hospital.
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