US tourist drowns after trying to help mother at Blue Hole in St Ann
November 15, 2026
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ST ANN, Jamaica—A 20-year-old American tourist drowned at the Blue Hole attraction near Ocho Rios, St Ann, on Saturday, November 14, after trying to help his mother when she slipped at the top of a waterfall.
The Constabulary Communications Network (CCN) identified him as Wade Conner, a landscaper from Illinois in the United States. He was vacationing in Jamaica with his family, who were staying at a resort in St James.
Police reports are that at about 1:15 p.m., Conner’s 45-year-old mother slipped and fell at the top of the falls. Conner went to help her, slipped into the water and failed to resurface.
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