Stephanie Elliott, Gleaner Writer
DAWKINS PEN, Clarendon:
THREE MORE lives have been lost on the road after a deadly motor vehicle accident in Clarendon over the weekend. A taxi operator and two of his passengers succumbed to injuries received after the vehicle in which they were travelling was hit by another along the Dawkins Pen Main Road, Lionel Town, Claren-don, late Saturday night.
The dead persons have been identified as 42-year-old taxi driver Errol Anderson, of Phase Two New Town, Hayes, Clarendon; 21-year-old Shanique Woodburn of Lionel Town and a man identified only as James of Longwood district, Clarendon. Hospitalised is 56-year-old Mohammed Islam, businessman of Lionel Town.
According to reports from Constable Odaine Mulgrave, liaison officer for the Constabulary Communication Network, (CCN) at approximately 10:45 p.m. Saturday, a grey 1995 Volvo sedan motor car, driven by Islam, was travelling towards Lionel Town when he reportedly lost control of the vehicle and collided with a grey Toyota station wagon driven by Anderson, who was travelling with five passengers towards May Pen.
OTHER INJURIES
All the occupants of both vehicles sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the Lionel Town Hospital where Anderson and two of his passengers died. Islam was treated and later transferred to the Kingston Public Hospital where he has since been admitted in serious but stable condition.
In January, the police recorded 28 deaths from 26 fatal accidents on the roads. The figure marked an increase of one accident and two deaths over the similar period last year.
Yesterday a spokesperson for the CCN told The Gleaner there had to date been 34 deaths recorded from 32 accidents.
