A woman is dead, another is battling for her life and several students have been rushed to hospital, following three separate crashes in St. Andrew and St. Catherine between yesterday and this afternoon.
The deceased woman is 39 year old Alecia Waisome of Guava Way, Linstead, St. Catherine.
In the latest incident, this afternoon it’s reported that a woman was travelling aboard a motor car which got out of control and went over a precipice in Irish Town, St. Andrew.
Head of the St. Andrew north police superintendent Randy Sweeney told Irie F M News that the woman who was trapped in the vehicle, sustained serious injuries and was rushed to hospital.
Three other persons were aboard the vehicle and are also admitted at hospital.
In the other incident, also in St. Andrew, superintendent Sweeney said a Toyota Hiace motor bus transporting students crashed in Dublin Castle in Gordon Town.
He said while preliminary reports indicate that the injuries sustained by the students are not life threatening, they have been taken to the university hospital of the west indies.
Meantime, yesterday Waisome died from injuries she sustained in a motor vehicle collision along Sligoville main road in St. Catherine.
Reports from the Sligoville police are that at about 5:15 p.m., Waisome was driving her Honda fit motor car along the Sligoville main road heading towards Bog Walk, when a Toyota Corolla motor car collided with the left front section of her vehicle.
Both drivers, along with the occupants of the Toyota corolla motor car, sustained injuries and were taken to hospital, where Waisome was pronounced dead.
The other persons are said to be in stable condition.