ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Two men died in separate crashes in St Elizabeth late Friday.

Police identified the crash victims as 18-year-old motorcyclist Dujay Powell, a resident of Long Hill district, Goshen and 68-year-old Clifton Wright, a resident of Cameron Hill district in Maggotty, St Elizabeth.

In the first incident, about 6:00 pm, police said Wright was driving a white Nissan AD Wagon on the Round Hill main road when he lost control of the vehicle, resulting in it crashing into a tree.

In the second incident, police said about 11:30 pm Powell was driving a motorcycle towards Santa Cruz from Goshen when he lost control of the bike and collided with a white Toyota Corolla motorcar which was travelling in the opposite direction.

Both injured men were taken to hospital, where they were pronounced dead on arrival.

Statistics from the police show that up to 6:00 am on Saturday, 301 fatalities were recorded from 258 crashes on the nation’s roads compared to 327 fatalities from 287 crashes for the corresponding period last year.

— Kasey Williams