TRELAWNY, Jamaica— A female student is among three people who died as a result of injuries they sustained in a motor vehicle collision on the Greenside main road in Trelawny on Friday morning.

The deceased, all of Salt Marsh addresses in the parish, have been identified as 31- year-old cabinet maker Hoydean Flemmings, 21-year-old Brandon Gordon and 14-year-old Tashanti Jones.

Reports are that about 10:30am, a Toyota Wish motor car was travelling behind a Suzuki Grand Vitara along the Greenside main road, heading towards Falmouth.

Upon reaching a section of the road, the Suzuki Grand Vitara was in the process of turning off to a car wash on the right, when the Toyota Wish, which was overtaking a line of traffic, collided into the right side of the Suzuki.

The impact resulted in the driver of the Toyota Wish losing control of the vehicle which careened off the road and ended up in a ditch before slamming into a concrete wall.

The driver of the Wish and another male passenger died on the spot, while the female student was rushed to the Falmouth Public General Hospital, where she died while undergoing treatment.

The lone occupant of the Suzuki Grand Vitara was alson taken to hospital for treatment.

The Falmouth police are investigating.

– Horace Hines