UPDATE: 5-m-o baby in fatal St Elizabeth crash identified
The two vehicles involved in the deadly crash on the Pepper main road on June 6
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June 7, 2026

UPDATE: 5-m-o baby in fatal St Elizabeth crash identified

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Police have identified the five-month-old baby who succumbed to injuries sustained in a three-vehicle crash on the Pepper main road in St Elizabeth on Saturday morning as  Kemarala Forbes.

Police said the baby suffered a laceration-type injury to the face.

A police indicate that about 10:30 am the child was among four people travelling in a Toyota Voxy when the vehicle turned right into the path of a Nissan pickup, causing a collision. The Nissan pickup then collided with a Ford pickup.

Four injured people were rushed to the Mandeville Regional Hospital where the child was pronounced dead on arrival. His mother was admitted in critical condition.

READ: Toddler dies in St Elizabeth crash

— Kasey Williams

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