Elderly man and teen drown in Manchester

The Manchester police are probing the suspected drowning of two people in separate situations 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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