PORTLAND, Jamaica – A Sunday outing led to tragedy when a Titchfield Excessive Faculty pupil drowned at Bikini Seaside in Port Antonio.
The deceased has been recognized as Vijay Popley, 17, of New Street in Port Antonio. He was an higher sixth kind pupil on the college.
Reviews are that about 11:15 a.m., Popley was amongst a bunch of eight college students from the establishment who went to the favored seaside for a swim. Through the exercise, he went lacking.
One of many college students alerted the Port Antonio Marine Police, and the Port Antonio Fireplace Station was additionally knowledgeable. Firefighters, assisted by native fishermen, joined in a seek for the teenager.
At roughly 1:35 p.m., Popley was found unresponsive. He was taken to the Port Antonio Hospital, the place he was pronounced useless.
The physique was later eliminated to a funeral residence pending a autopsy examination.
Investigations into the incident are persevering with
