Morris Dixon visits child injured in St Elizabeth boulder incident

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Minister of Education, Skills, Youth and Information, Senator Dr Dana Morris Dixon, visited one of the children injured in Friday’s incident in St Elizabeth, who is currently receiving treatment at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). Three children were injured after reportedly being struck by a boulder while walking along a railway track on their way to Merry Wood Primary School on Friday morning.

Reports indicate that residents frequently use the railway track as a shorter route between communities in the area. READ: Three children injured after being hit by boulder in St Elizabeth Of the three children involved, one has since been treated and released, while one remains at the Black River Hospital and the third is receiving intensive care at UHWI. During her visit, Minister Morris Dixon spoke with the parent of the child at UHWI and expressed support on behalf of the Ministry. “This is an extremely distressing situation for the children and their parents. No one imagines these acts of nature taking place and their children being…