July 20, 2016
Cop killed in crash
ST CATHERINE, Jamaica — A policeman was among four people killed in a two-vehicle collision on Dyke Road in Portmore, St Catherine this morning.
A fifth person remains in hospital.
Reports from the police are that about 1:57am, the driver of a Toyota Yaris motorcar was driving along the roadway when it collided head-on with an oncoming Honda CRV motorcar.
The police were summoned and on their arrival, all the occupants of both vehicles were seen with multiple wounds. The five, including one woman, were taken to hospital.
Their identities have not yet been released.
This brings the number of road fatalities so far this year to 219.
More information later.