tourist killed in Negril

[evanovitch]

Investigators in the western parish of Westmoreland have taken a man into custody and seized four jet skis following Tuesday’s accident which claimed the life of an American tourist who was visiting the tourist resort town of Negril.

The police report that Thomas Torres, 53, from Las Vegas was swimming when he was hit in the head by a jet ski. The operator of the jet ski did not stop.

Torres was rushed to the hospital in the parish capital of Savanna-la-Mar where he was pronounced dead.

Following investigations, the police later detained the jet ski operator .
Last October, Tourism Minister Dr Wykeham McNeil, announced a six month suspension of the importation of jet skis following reports ofaccidents. After the announcement the police seized several illegally operated jet from resorts in the northern parish of St Ann and from other resort areas.

[RichD]

wonder who was operating the jet ski and if they were operating it in the designated area

[blugiant]

accident ting

jamaica so eeediotikk dat dem banned da importation aff jet skis intead ann implementinn new laws ann rules

[My Looh]

It was just a matter of time until this happened. I was witness to a very close call years ago in Negril and thought to myself then it was a miracle the guy did not get hit.

Sad!

[evanovitch]

accident ting

jamaica so eeediotikk dat dem banned da importation aff jet skis intead ann implementinn new laws ann rules

speaking of idiotic, the amendments to the ban on smoking , have been passed....mmmm...even as China has started its own push to ban smoking...curiously, much was made re the advent of Chinese tourism to Jamaica n how dem smoke nuff....henceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[RichD]

speaking of idiotic, the amendments to the ban on smoking , have been passed....mmmm...even as China has started its own push to ban smoking...curiously, much was made re the advent of Chinese tourism to Jamaica n how dem smoke nuff....henceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

so is since the law dem start come?

[evanovitch]

so is since the law dem start come?

is there a real question there?

[RichD]

is there a real question there?

yes, unless mi read what you saying wrong... the way i read it is the suggestion is that the law was amended to accommodate the needs chinese tourists..i asked if there chinese tourists only started coming recently since the law came into effect last year .

[Gen]

that jumped out at me when I read it. I just cannot wrap my head around fi dem breed a logic \0/

seriously ??? ban the importation of the skis ??

i. just. cant

it's like the blind leading the blind all day every day

#sasscriseman

accident ting

jamaica so eeediotikk dat dem banned da importation aff jet skis intead ann implementinn new laws ann rules

[RichD]

that jumped out at me when I read it. I just cannot wrap my head around fi dem breed a logic \0/

seriously ??? ban the importation of the skis ??

i. just. cant

it's like the blind leading the blind all day every day

#sasscriseman

is not so irrational.

there were some issues with the industry ...any man who can buy a ski set up business ...so they suspended importation of new jet skis then went about trying to regularize the industry. make sure who was operating was operating under guidelines and license .

that was last year ..this is not a shock reaction to this accident

[evanovitch]

yes, unless mi read what you saying wrong... the way i read it is the suggestion is that the law was amended to accommodate the needs chinese tourists..i asked if there chinese tourists only started coming recently since the law came into effect last year .

the talk about targeting China as a tourist source entered the discourse re pushing for new markets ....n yes, this was the talk before the winter season wen projections were being made for said..

[Wahalla]

accident ting

jamaica so eeediotikk dat dem banned da importation aff jet skis intead ann implementinn new laws ann rules

Technically this is not accident.... this was dicussed in the last months.....the hotels in Negril and Mobay have been highlighting this.....

in
2000 one of my favourite singers Kirsty Mccoll was killed by a speed boat .....in Cosumel Mexico by a speed boat owned by Guilermo Nova.. a billonaire.. in a dive area.... in a simalar circumstance

I had the hots for her as a young man....

after all the singer of the greatest christmas song ever...

u scum bag
u maggot
u cheap lousy faggot......

[Gen]

suh how dat working out for them today ? what kind of laws and regulations in place ? what kinda steps yuh haffi guh choo if yuh want to own a jet ski and/or set up business with it ?

designated areas and ting how dat work ? how many miles off shore and who keeping track of the distance when yuh guh out pan yuh ski ??

this just seem like more talk coming from them

is not so irrational.

there were some issues with the industry ...any man who can buy a ski set up business ...so they suspended importation of new jet skis then went about trying to regularize the industry. make sure who was operating was operating under guidelines and license .

that was last year ..this is not a shock reaction to this accident

[j-kid]

Wonder how long him was in di water before dem pull him out to start medical treatment? Sometimes people hav ah tendency fi stand round an watch before smaddi step in an help (especially wid AIDS scare).

By di way, wha bout seizure, plus stiffer financial penalties?

[RichD]

Tomas Torres Castillo, an American tourist from Las Vegas, Nevada, was killed in the resort town of Negril, Westmoreland, yesterday when a jet ski slammed into him while he was swimming at the Travellers Beach Resort.
Castillo, who was on vacation in the resort town with his wife, Maria, was a guest at the Travellers Beach Resort, where he had been staying since last Friday.
According to reports, shortly after midday, Castillo was swimming when he was hit by the speeding jet ski, which did not stop. He was rushed to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, where he was reportedly pronounced dead on arrival.
"As far as I know about what happened today, one of my guests was out there swimming and he was allegedly hit by a jet ski operator," said Wintrope Wellingtion, part owner of the Travellers Beach Resort.
"The incident was witnessed by another couple who is staying at my hotel ... . They told me they saw the jet ski hit the guest and just kept on driving," added Wellington.
In pointing to his frustration with jet skis being driven in proximity to the areas reserved for swimming, Wellington said he was gravely concerned about the unregulated operations of the vehicles in the resort town.
"There has always been a concern about jet skis. That has been something that the Negril community has been talking about and has advocated against for years and years and years," said Wellington. "It is unfortunate that the situation in the past, where tourists have got seriously injured or hurt, that nothing, in my opinion, substantial has been done to actually protect us from something like this."
In August last year, six-year-old Tonoya Hyman was killed in a freak accident in which she and her sister were hit when an out-of-control jet ski raced unto the beach. It was not clear if the operator was aboard at the time.
In the aftermath of numerous complaints about jet skis being operated in areas reserved for swimming, Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeill addressed the House of Representatives in October, announcing a six-month suspension on the importation of all jet skis for commercial use.
McNeill also announced that the Ministry of Tourism had held talks with the marine police and the Jamaica Defence Force Coastguard about actions to be taken against illegal jet ski operators.
Yesterday's accident, which has cast a pall of gloom over the resort town, has left stakeholders in the jet ski sector in grief as they ponder the future of the business.
"I am very sorry to hear about that," said one operator, who asked not to be identified. "Everywhere you go, you find regulations, but people don't abide by them sometimes, so accidents can happen. I only hope that they don't ban jet ski operation because a lot of people depend on it for their livelihood."
Efforts to get a comment from the police, who were early on the scene and were observed conducting their investigations, proved futile as an investigating officer flatly refused to answer questions posed.