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April 14, 2017

42-y-o man killed in Westmoreland crash

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica —  The police is reporting that a 42-year-old labourer of Whitehouse, Westmoreland is dead after he sustained injuries from a motor vehicle collision on Water Wheel main road in the parish yesterday.

The deceased is identified as Carl James. 

Reports from the Bluefields police are that about 11:25 pm, James was driving a Toyota Caldina motorcar along the main road when he lost control of the vehicle and collided in an embankment and overturned.

He was taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

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