December 28, 2002
Man turns himself in, charged with manslaughter
Wayne Parker, who turned himself in to police on Friday, has been charged with manslaughter from a hit-and-run traffic accident on Negril’s Norman Manley Boulevard on Boxing Day.
An American visitor, Michael Shanahan, 47, was apparently knocked off his bicycle by a Mitsubishi Gallant motorcar that did not stop. Shanahan died in the Savanna-la-Mar hospital where he was taken for treatment.
Parker, 27, who was believed to have been driving the car, reported to the Negril police on Friday, a day after the accident.
Parker, also called Townist, is schedule to appear in the Savanna-la-Mar Magistrate’s Court on January 7.