ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica: Two motorcyclists died from injuries they sustained in separate collisions in St Elizabeth Sunday night, September 8. The police said a man who fled one of the accident scenes is in custody.
The authorities identified the victims as Shane Shaw, 28, from Whithorn district, and Odane Parchment.
According to preliminary reports, the first accident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. A motorcar collided with Shaw’s motorcycle and ejected him from his bike.
Hospital hospital officials pronounced Shaw dead on arrival.
Police said the car’s driver fled the accident scene. But he surrendered to the Lacovia police station Monday morning.
Further investigations revealed that the driver in question does not have a driver’s license.
In another incident, Odane Parchment reportedly got thrown from his motorcycle after being hit by a motor vehicle on the Newell Main road.
Hospital officials pronounced him dead on arrival.
Hit-and-Run Tragedy: Woman Killed in Spanish Town Accident.
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica: Police in Spanish Town confirmed the tragic death of an individual after a hit-and-run accident along St John’s Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine.
According to reports, the tragic incident unfolded at about 6:20 p.m. on Monday near 6 St John’s Road.
The victim, Shadene Wright, was 30, an unemployed resident of Yallahs, St Thomas.
Reportedly, Wright attempted to cross the roadway near 6 St John’s Road when a Honda Fit motorcar struck her.
The driver allegedly fled the scene, leaving the seriously injured victim to suffer.
Passersby rushed the victim to the hospital, but it was too late. The authorities at the Spanish Town Hospital pronounced them dead on arrival.
The St Catherine North Traffic Department has launched an investigation into the incident. The fleeing motorist is still at large.
The St John’s Road tragedy came after the fatal collision on Saturday that claimed the lives of three people—73-year-old taxi operator Cecil Kemp, Patsy Bagaloo-Gaynor, and 17-year-old student Jamilia Wallace. Firefighter Shahine Nelson lost her life in a crash on Friday, September 6.
The frequency of fatal accidents has raised concerns about road safety in the area.
Series of Deadly Attacks: Clarendon Family Grapples with Murders.
Detectives in Clarendon are trying to prove the motive behind a series of deadly attacks on a family in the parish.
Just days after armed thugs gunned down 43-year-old postmistress Debbie-Ann Markland-Barrett at her workplace in Palmers Cross, gunmen struck again on Sunday, killing her brother.
Omar Cook, 33, was fatally shot at a garage in Palmers Cross sometime after two o’clock.
Investigators reported that Mr Cook, a mechanic, was working on a truck at the garage when armed men entered and shot him. Residents rushed him to hospital, but the authorities pronounced him dead on arrival.
On Thursday, Mrs Markland Barrett was inside a bar in the same building as the post office. Armed thugs entered the premises and shot her.
She died on the scene.
Her husband, who was a mechanic, was attacked and shot dead by unknown assailants a few weeks earlier in Palmers Cross.
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