More bad news, unfortunately... Jet Ski Accident

[Wisconsin gal]

Though someone posted the hotel earlier in this thread, we were at the opposite end (past Margaritaville) at Christmas and we had them buzzing by nonstop. Very few tourists, rather, the operators were buzzing right along the swim markers. At times they were not even watching ahead of themselves, rather, they were watching the beach. We commented at that time how close they were to the buoys.
Moral of my post- use extreme caution when swimming outside of the markers, even by a little bit. This is a terribly sad story with a terribly sad ending.... And many tragic happenings throughout (filming, no police, no ambulance).
Just sad.......

[saeyedoc]

Looks like the video has been removed, good

[jamaicamarylance]

So sad.....so sad. My heart goes out to the wife and family. So glad they removed the video....sick people. If I was there I think I would gave that person taking the video...............a I dunno. Something that's for sure.

[Jamerican71]

The driver of the jetski is in custody.

He turned himself in. He's a young fella that made a very terrible mistake and now the repercussions are bigger then any of us could ever imagine.

[Melody]

My heart goes out to the family. I certainly don't condone filming the video or posting it on you tube, but I did watch it. It shows the wonderful people doing the best they knew how to try to save him, and it shows two policemen looking on and then leaving. The newspaper report stated the police did not arrive until sometime later. The video proves that to be incorrect. Regardless of how distasteful and morally questionable the filming and posting was, it provides indisputable evidence of what occurred - that police were there and apparently not trained to handle the situation. In the right hands, that could be a catalyst for positive change.

One newspaper article states the Maritime Authority is legally responsible to ensure all watercraft is registered and safe practices are followed (something to that effect). I wonder if that will be put to the test now?

[Sheba]

He turned himself in. He's a young fella that made a very terrible mistake and now the repercussions are bigger then any of us could ever imagine.

Psalm 129

Prayer:

Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord hear my voice. Let Thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. If Thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand it? For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness, and by reason of Thy law, I have waited for Thee, O Lord. My soul has relied on His word, my soul hath hoped in the Lord. From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord. Because with the Lord there is mercy; and with Him plentiful redemption. And He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

R.I.P.

[Kiknback]

Thank You Sheba

[suzengrace]

MY condolences to the family....It was only a matter of time til this trajedy happened-i'm so sorry for the poor soul ...

Folks you need to remember-You may stay in a 4-5 star hotel/ai ..but Jam. is still a 3rd world country-..I dont know where the ambulance was-or if it was even working ....and as far as i know the people who operate it are not EMT's...Sav hospital is far off from the avg hospital in the states(as far as care, recources, professional help,medications equipment)....and it certaily does not have a trauma center..

I'm not tryng to dussuade people from going -but you need to the know the facts... ..THats why i cant recommend enough that people get GOOD travel insurance that will med-evac you out of MBJ to Mia... also ,make sure to get the # of the private ambulance company that will take you to Mobay (the ambulance in negril will not take you there -ONLY SAV-and you really dont want to got there if you can avoid it) also good to have an emergency of cash (few hunderd) for the ambulance ride -they dont take credit cards..

I wish more tourist orientated boards would educate people about the realities of medical care available to tourists..Its something important to many people..Just saying that there's an ambualnce in negril and nearby hospital in Sav and not giving more details to the type of facility and service one can expect or not expect is a disservice ...

[Melody]

What is the name/number of the private ambulance company?

[suzengrace]

My friend told me about ambucare-there located allover the island-but are not stationed in Negril…none--the less they are more what you expect a professional ambulance to be and their website says they take debit/credit cards..

You can email them and ask about response times to negril and costs…..heres their website www.ambucareja.com and their mobay # 876-953-2938
I would hope someone who lives there would know what private ambulance is used most and would respond to your question…