Elderly man dies after falling from ackee tree

Update - Man, 71, dies after falling from ackee tree  - Barbados Today

As the country awoke to Emancipation Day celebrations on Friday, tragedy struck the community of 1st Avenue Chapel Gap, St Barnabas, St Michael, when a 71-year-old man fell to his death while picking ackees near his home. The deceased has been identified as Arthur Uncle Barrow, a beloved elder in the neighbourhood, known for his love of ackees and his warm, fatherly presence. Arthur ‘Uncle’ Barrow lost his life this morning after falling from a…

71-year-old dies after falling from ackee tree

A 71-year-old man is dead after falling from an ackee tree this morning outside his Chapel Gap, St. Barnabas, St. Michael home. Police Public Relations Officer, Acting Inspector Ryan Brathwaite, said that after receiving the report around 7:44 a.m., officers responded to the scene, where they found the motionless body of Arthur Barrow beneath the tree. Meanwhile, Wayne Barrow, brother of the deceased, said he was shocked by the circumstances sur…

Elderly man dies after falling from ackee tree

Emancipation Day celebrations were marred by the death of 71-year-old Arthur Barrow of Chapel Gap, St Barnabas, St Michael. As Barbados celebrated freedom