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January 14, 2025
Truck driver dies, passenger injured in Portland crash
PORTLAND, Jamaica — A truck driver is dead and a passenger injured after the unit overturned on a bar in Orange Bay, Portland on Tuesday.
The police and the fire brigade say they were alerted to the crash scene near Wharf Lane about 10:25 am.
Preliminary reports are that the midmorning crash happened after the driver lost control of the truck when he failed to manoeuvre a corner. As a result, the unit overturned on the bar. It is unclear whether anyone was at the bar when the crash happened.
The injured driver and a passenger were taken to hospital where the driver was pronounced dead while the passenger was admitted for treatment.
— Kasey Williams