UPDATE: Man who died in Hanover crash identified as US citizen
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March 19, 2022

UPDATE: Man who died in Hanover crash identified as US citizen

HANOVER, Jamaica — The police have identified the man who died from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle collision on the Round Hill main road in Hanover on Friday.

He is 44-year-old James Martinez, a US citizen who resides in Marietta, Georgia.

Martinez had been driving a Toyota Crown motor car from Montego Bay, St James, when on reaching a section of the roadway, he allegedly lost control of the vehicle and collided into a Isuzu motor truck that was travelling in the opposite direction.  

READ: Fatal crash on Round Hill main road in Hanover

The incident happened about 6:00 pm.

All three occupants were taken to hospital where Martinez was pronounced dead. The other two female occupants were admitted. 

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