By: Marlene Freeman and Myesha Broadie

The number of people killed in crashes on the nation’s roads since the start of the year is nearing 200.

In a release today, the Island Traffic Authority said 199 road deaths have been recorded up to this morning.

Among the latest fatalities are 15-year-old Shadore Patterson and 38-year-old Zescha Mundell Both of Orange Bay, Hanover and 68-year-old Wellington Douglas of Liberty Estate Port Maria St. Mary. 

Shadore and Mundell died in a motorcycle crash in Hanover, last evening.

While, Douglas died after sustaining injuries in a motor vehicle crash in Richmond, St. Ann on Wednesday.