JUTC bus runs into gully on Barbican Road
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August 12, 2015

JUTC bus runs into gully on Barbican Road

KINGSTON, Jamaica – It is believed that a bus belonging to the state-owned Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) ran off the road and into a gully early this morning on Barbican Road in Kingston.

OBSERVER ONLINE understands that the bus driver was picking up staff in the area when the incident happened around 4:30 am.

The state of the driver is currently unknown and it is unsure whether or not anyone else was onboard the bus at the time.

More information later.

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