WATCH: Four cops injured in north west Clarendon crash
Four cops injured in north west Clarendon crash
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August 10, 2026

WATCH: Four cops injured in north west Clarendon crash

CLARENDON, Jamaica — Four policemen assigned to the Manchester division were rushed to hospital Monday morning after the service vehicle they were travelling in overturned in a yard off the Nine Miles main road near Spalding in north western Clarendon.

Preliminary reports are that sometime after 5:00 am the police team was on patrol in the Spalding policing area when the vehicle veered off road and overturned. The crash resulted in the four policemen sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, the service vehicle being mangled and damage to a house.

The policemen were taken to the Percy Junor Hospital for treatment.

Spalding and its surrounding areas in north western Clarendon fall under the jurisdiction of the Manchester division.

— Kasey Williams

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