16-y-o fatally electrocuted at his home in Clarendon

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September 21, 2026

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A 16-year-old Garvey Maceo High School student died in what is belived to be a freak accident at his home in Gimme-Me-Bit, Clarendon, on Sunday.

Dead is Rishane Roberts, who was reportedly picking coconuts from the roof of a shop at his home about 9 a.m. when tragedy struck.

According to reports, Roberts was using an iron pipe to pick the coconuts when the pipe became entangled in an overhead electrical wire.

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