A small airplane circles over Tupelo, Mississippi, on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Police say the pilot of the small airplane is threatening to crash the aircraft into a Walmart store. The Tupelo Police Department said that the Walmart and a nearby convenience store had been evacuated. (Rachel McWilliams via AP)
May 5, 2023
Plane crashes in St Mary – one person reportedly dead
ST MARY, Jamaica – Police have confirmed that a small plane crashed in the Whitehall area of Tremlsonsworth near Highgate in St Mary on Friday morning.
OBSERVER ONLINE understands that two persons were aboard the aircraft including the pilot.
It is understood that one of the two has since died. Police are currently at the scene, along with members of the fire department and an ambulance from Port Maria Hospital.
Efforts to speak with Bobette Simpson-Morgan, head of the St Mary police division, have so far proven futile.
