Double-drowning tragedy in St Catherine

A 15-year-old boy reportedly perished trying to save his 17-year-old brother on Sunday, ruining what was planned to be a joyous family reunion for a matriarch celebrating her 80th birthday.

The double-drowning tragedy happened in the murky waters of the Rio Cobre after the boys and others went on a frolic after the event.

Dead are 15-year-old Rashane Ferguson and 17-year-old Kashane Ferguson, both of Whitehall, Terrace in Kingston 8.

Sushanna Bartley, aunt of the Ferguson boys, said that she understood that four of them had gone for a swim when Kashane got into difficulties.

“Rashane jumped in to save him, and both of them drowned. This really sad,” Bartley

The police were alerted, the bodies removed from the water and taken to the morgue for post mortem. 

Kashane had just graduated from Penwood High in Olympic Gardens while Rashane was a student of Oberlin High in rural St Andrew.

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