Teen drowns at St Thomas beach

The body of a teenage boy, who was suspected to have drowned in St Thomas on Sunday, was yesterday morning retrieved from the sea by two fishermen in the vicinity of the Morant Bay fishing village.

He has been identified as 17-year-old Ronaldo Livingston, a student of the Seaforth High School and a resident of Johns Town in the eastern parish.

The police said that about 2 p.m. on Sunday, Livingston and his friends were swimming at the beach at the Morant Bay fishing village when he reportedly got into difficulties.

Efforts to save him were unsuccessful and he disappeared in the water.

Livingston’s drowning comes on the heels of another similar incident less than a month ago.

In that case, the body of a 12-year-old boy was fished from the sea a day after he was suspected to have drowned.