At least eight people were killed in road crashes in the country over the Easter holiday.

Vice-Chairman of the National Road Safety Council, Dr. Lucien Jones, said three of the deaths occurred yesterday.

Among the latest victims is a 36-year-old medical doctor of Nigerian descent, Ubong Etti.

Police say at about 5:50 A.M., Etti and three other Nigerian and Ghanaian doctors were travelling in a Blue Honda Fit motorcar from Kingston towards Annotto Bay, when upon reaching a section of the Castleton roadway in St. Mary, the driver swerved to avoid a collision with an oncoming vehicle.

Further reports are that the vehicle in which Etti was a passenger, hit an embankment and went over a precipice.

The police and fire brigade were alerted and all four occupants were transported to hospital, where Etti was pronounced dead and the others treated.

Expressing sadness at the holiday tragedies, Dr. Lucien Jones stressed the need for greater caution by road users.