MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A farmer died as a result of injuries he sustained in a crash on the Succeed main road in north east Manchester on Friday night.

The deceased has been identified as Marlon Graham otherwise called ‘Chullups’, a resident of Silent Hill in Manchester.

Preliminary reports are that about 8:00 pm, Graham was driving his motorcycle on the main road when upon reaching in the vicinity of Bell’s Funeral Home he collided with a Toyota Axio motorcar.

The impact flung Graham from the motorcycle onto the roadway. He died at the scene.

Residents who gathered at the scene claimed that the Axio was being used to transport an injured person involved in another accident to hospital when the fatal crash took place.

A man who identified himself only as ‘Indian’ said moments before the crash he interacted with Graham.

“He is one of the hardest working farmers in Silent Hill. This man love the [Jamaica] Labour Party and even since night he came round by [a] bar and beg me a $1,000 me seh ‘me nuh have it’. Him beg me $500, me seh ‘me nuh have it’. Him seh ‘give me $200’ and me nuh gi him and now me come look pon him body inna the road,” said Indian.

Graham is the third fatal crash victim in Manchester in just over a week.

Last Monday retired police sergeant Lancelot Lambert, 73, otherwise called ‘Robert’, died in a two-vehicle crash in Mandeville, while last Thursday Rubena Hall, 50, otherwise called ‘Bena’, died after being mowed down in a reported hit-and-run at Lindo Hill in Manchester. Hall is said to have been mentally challenged.

– Kasey Williams