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Two dead in Old Hope Road accident

Jamaica Obsever

Wednesday, August 01, 2012 | 10:48 AM



KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two people died from injuries received in a three-vehicle collision on Old Hope Road, Kingston, last evening.

One victim has been identified as 42-year-old Gastun Steer, a taxi operator of Papine, St Andrew, while the other is unidentified.

The Papine Police report that about 7:45 pm, a Toyota Corolla motorcar was travelling toward Papine when it hit another motorcar. The driver subsequently lost control of the vehicle, which collided with a Toyota Hiace bus.

The injured were taken to hospital where Steer and the other person were pronounced dead.

Investigations are continuing.



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