Incident Report

Priestmans River, Portland, Jamaica

Friday, April 25, 1980

Non-fatalSpearfishingHit-and-Run

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Incident Profile

Behavior

Hit-and-Run

Injury Location

Hand

Injury Severity

Moderate

Injury Details

Hand bitten by speared shark PROVOKED INCIDENT

Environmental

Moon Phase

Waxing Gibbous

Season

Spring (Northern Hemisphere)

Day of Week

Thursday

Individual

Name

Venus Goulbourne

Sex

Activity

Spearfishing

Location

Address

Priestmans River, Portland, Jamaica

Body of Water

Caribbean Sea

Location Type

River

Coordinates

18.1357, -76.3377

Priestmans River, Portland, Jamaica

Incident Profile

Environmental

Individual

Location

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