UPDATE: Dead Manchester truck driver identified
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June 30, 2016

UPDATE: Dead Manchester truck driver identified

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – The truck driver who succumbed to injuries in this morning’s crash on the Pen Hill main road in Manchester, has been identified as Royell Shirley.

Read: Driver presumed dead, 7 injured after truck crashes into house

He is believed to be in his forties and of a Coleyville address in the parish.

According to police reports, Shirley was one of two truck drivers travelling along the Pen Hill main road about 7:00 am.

One truck, while attempting to overtake the other, reportedly collided with it.

Police say a Noah van travelling in the vicinity of the incident then crashed into the trucks.

After that, one of the trucks reportedly ran into a section of a house located in close proximity to the roadway.

Seven other people were injured and hospitalised on Friday.

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