Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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Visitor dies after fall from scaffolding

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING the death of a 26-year-old American man which occurred after 7 last night.

According to the media release, the visitor was at Indian Pond, St Joseph working on a stage and lighting for an Old Year’s Night celebration when he fell from scaffolding 20 feet in the air.

He was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

The visitor arrived in the island on Monday. (PR/SAT) 

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