October 23, 2019
Cops seek taximan who mowed down pedestrians in HWT
ST ANDREW, Jamaica — The Half-Way-Tree police have commenced investigations into an incident where two pedestrians were mowed down by a taxi on Eastwood Park Road in St Andrew yesterday.
Video footage of the incident, which has gone viral on social media, shows the vehicle crashing into a man and woman as they walked along a sidewalk.
The police said the driver abandoned the vehicle and fled the scene, while both victims are now in hospital.
Investigators are asking the driver, who has been identified as George Malcolm, to turn himself in to the police immediately.
The lawmen said the vehicle has been seized and they have interviewed its owner.