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Minibus driver still on the run

Thursday, September 27, 2012 | 12:59 PM



KINGSTON, Jamaica - Three days after the horrific crash that claimed the life of 18-year-old Mellisa Thompson in Half-Way-Tree, the driver of the minibus is still at large.

Traffic police today said that three men have so far been questioned in relation to the incident.

"So far we have questioned the owner of the bus, the designated driver of the vehicle and the conductor," head of the traffic department Radcliffe Lewis reported.

Police said the men will again be questioned today.

Reports are that the driver to whom the bus was assigned handed it over to the man involved in the crash that killed the girl and left at least three others injured. 

Meanwhile police say they have intensified their search for the man who was behind the wheel when the crash occured.

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