Man dies after bike collides with wall, utility pole
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May 12, 2023

Man dies after bike collides with wall, utility pole

KINGSTON, Jamaica — One man is dead after his motorcycle collided with a wall and utility pole on East Avenue in Kingston on Friday afternoon.

Investigators assigned to the St Andrew South Police Division are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of Dwayne Whyte, a painter of Hagley Park Road.

Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that at about 1:20 pm, Whyte was driving a motorcycle on East Avenue when on reaching a section of the roadway, he lost control of the motorcycle and collided with a wall and a utility pole.

The police were alerted and on their arrival, Whyte was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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