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September 12, 2024

WATCH: Two escape serious injury in Mandeville crash

MANCHESTER, Jamaica — Two men escaped serious injuries after the car in which they were travelling ran off the road on the Winston Jones Highway in Mandeville, Manchester Thursday afternoon.

A man, who identified himself only as Zahula, told Observer Online that he heard when the crash happened about 4:00 pm.

A wrecker removing the crashed vehicle from the gully after it ran off the road. (Photo: Kasey Williams)

“Me deh across the road a work and me hear one sound lick and when me come over a one car inna one gully. Two Rasta man come out good, good, good,” he said.

He claimed the driver was distracted.

“Him seh him just hold down him head and by the time him look the car gone off the road,” Zahula stated.

— Kasey Williams

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