The police's Inspectorate of Professional Standards Oversight Bureau (IPROB) and the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) have launched separate probes into the drowning of a suspect in the Rio Cobre in St. Catherine on Wednesday.
The man, 73-year-old Milton Smith, was being transported in the back of a service vehicle when the incident occurred.
A statement from the Constabulary Communications Network said Smith reportedly jumped from the vehicle as it travelled across Flat Bridge in the Bog Walk Gorge and fell into the Rio Cobre.
The incident was captured on a traffic cam video which has since gone viral.
In the video, Smith was seen with a tyre as he entered the water.
In its report, CCN said Smith, a farmer in Linstead, St. Catherine, was a suspect in an alleged case of abduction and carnal abuse and was being transported from Linstead to Spanish Town.
It added that he was assisted from the river by police personnel and the fire brigade, and taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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