Husband devastated after wife swept away by floodwaters in Linstead
The husband of 63-year-old Rhona Barrett, who was swept away by raging floodwaters after attempting to cross the Russell Pen Gully in Linstead, St Catherine, has been left devastated and grief-stricken and is blaming the authorities for what he believes was a preventable tragedy. Theodore Barrett, who is now mourning the loss of his wife, who is presumed dead, said he believes negligence and the poor condition of the roadway contributed to her disappearance on Friday. Rhona, a naturalised Jamaican, had gone to Linstead to shop when heavy rainfall began.