366 roads deaths recorded one more than entire 2024

Four road deaths at the weekend, have pushed Jamaica’s tally so far this year, to 366, one more than the 2024 overall toll.

The latest fatal crashes occurred in Westmoreland and Manchester.

They claimed the lives of three men and a woman.

In the most recent incident, at about 8:05am yesterday, 58 year-old Judith Morgan of Georges Valley, Manchester was killed when the car she was travelling in veered off the new green road in the parish and over a precipice.

Another woman and two children sustained injuries and were hospitalised in stable condition.

And hours earlier, 23-year-old Shacquile Goldbourne of Warwick District, Cross Keys, Manchester, died following a collission along the resource main road in the parish.

Police say at about 3:00 a.m., Goldbourne was driving a motorcycle along the road with a pillion passenger, when he lost control of the bike which collided with a tree.

Goldbourne and the pillion were flung from the motorcycle.

Goldbourne was pronounced dead at hospital while the pillion was admitted for treatment.

And two motorcyclists were killed in a crash at the intersection of mint road and Grange Hill Main Road in Westmoreland on Saturday.

The crash occurred at around 10am.

Vice Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Dr. Lucien Jones is calling for stronger measures to prevent road crashes.

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