A law graduate and her uncle were killed yesterday in a three-vehicle collision on the Bustamante Highway in Clarendon after she lost control of the car she was driving, the police say. Four others were injured and hospitalised, including a police corporal who was among two transferred in a serious condition to the Kingston Public Hospital.

The bodies of Tasha Wilson, 24, who is said to have studied in Michigan in the United States, and Albert Copeland, had to be prised from the twisted metal of their vehicle by members of the fire brigade.

They were said to be on their way to Kingston at the time of the accident. The police theorise that Wilson was overcome by fatigue.

According to reports, at a round 8:30 am, a Suzuki Jimny registered 0460 BH which was on its way Kingston collided with an Isuzu truck registered CB 8124, travelling from Kingston to Mandeville.

The Observer learnt that the Suzuki vehicle, said to be driven by Wilson, got out of control when it reached the York Town junction.

The car drifted to the right of the road into the path of the Isuzu truck. The impact killed the student and her uncle on the spot. Two others in the car were hospitalised.

“Information reaching me is that the female driver was suffering from fatigue at the point of the accident, and as a result she fell asleep, lost control of the car, and then the tragedy,” CCN liaison officer for Clarendon, Corporal Cornel Stewart, told the Observer.

The third motor vehicle, a Honda Partner motor car, registered 8193 DN and driven by a man identified as Glenward Castle of Spanish Town, was reportedly travelling close to the truck and slammed into the back.

The four that were injured, were first taken to the May Pen Public Hospital for treatment. The police corporal, Lindale Anderson, 38, who is attached to the May Pen Police, and Wesley Copeland, a 50 year-old farmer from Reaches, Clarendon, and a relative of the deceased, were both transferred later to the Kingston Public Hospital.

Last night the police said that Corp Anderson was sent on to the University Hospital for further tests and that Copeland was also undergoing tests at KPH, but had no other comment on their conditions.

Gary Rhone and Devon Edwards were treated at May Pen and released late last night.

The CCN officer used the opportunity to issue a warning to motorists.

“When you drive, and you’re tired, or feel fatigued, pull up along the road or go to an area where it is safe and rest,” said Stewart. “Drivers who utilise this (advice) are only doing themselves a favour – keeping themselves alive.”