Two weeks ago, a 52 year-old, fisherman of Bluefields, Westmoreland was electrocuted at his home while attempting to pick a breadfruit in his yard. The heart moving incident happened on Sunday June 27th at approximately 3pm in the community of Belmont.

It is reported that Carlington Parkinson, the deceased, was at home with other family members before he went outside to pick the breadfruit. Further reports are that Parkinson got a large Bamboo Stick and climbed up into the tree.

As he tried to pick the fruit, he apparently pushed the bamboo stick too close to the high tension JPS electric wire; the current pulled the stick and immediately electrocuted the 52 year old man.

A family member rushed outside after hearing Parkinson making strange noises. The relative, it is said, at one point thought Parkinson was laughing. The family member then discovered that Parkinson was dead. An alarm was raised and after fighting relentlessly, they managed to pull him free and he was rushed to the Savanna la mar Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.