CLARENDON, Jamaica — A motorcyclist succumbed to injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash on the Ebony Park Housing Scheme Road in Clarendon Tuesday evening.

Police identified him as Jshawn Plummer, 21, a delivery man of Milk River in Clarendon.

A police report said that about 7:00 pm Plummer was driving a Blue Missile CG250 motorcycle in a southerly direction and a Toyota Voxy motorcar was travelling in a northerly direction when, upon reaching a section of the road, the motorcycle failed to keep left as a result of black sand on the roadway.

Police said the motorcyclist swerved right to avoid the obstruction and drove into the path of the oncoming Toyota Voxy motorcar, causing a collision. Police said the motorcyclist sustained injuries to his right shoulder, left knee, head and leg. He was taken to the May Pen Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Statistics from the police show that up to 6:00 am Wednesday there were 261 fatalities from 226 crashes on the nation’s roads compared to 301 fatalities from 263 crashes for the corresponding period last year.

— Kasey Williams