Two people died in separate crashes in St Catherine and Clarendon last night.

Dead are 51-year-old Everton Daley of Newlands in Portmore, St. Catherine and sixty-six-year-old Novelette Riley, a dressmaker of Duke Street, in Toll Gate, Clarendon.

In the latest incident at around 11:40 P.M., Riley was hit by a car in Four Paths Clarendon.

Police report that the driver of the vehicle was parking when it got stuck in the mud.

In a bid to remove the vehicle from the mud, the driver lost control of the vehicle which hit Riley, pinning her to the ground.

In the other incident around 11:35 P.M., Daley was hit from his bicycle by a motor car that did not stop.

He was pronounced dead at hospital.

Two people died in motor vehicle crashes in St Catherine and Clarendon last night

Police are investigating both incidents.