Trelawny records first road fatality

TRELAWNY, Jamaica - The Trelawny Police Division recorded its first road fatality of the year after a St Mary man died following a motor vehicle crash in the parish Monday morning.

The deceased has been identified as 32-year-old contractor, Kemar Brown of Harmony Hall, Highgate, St Mary.

Reports are that about 7:20 am, a Mazda motorcar, driven by Brown, was heading towards Montego Bay on the North Coast Highway, when upon reaching Coopers Pen in Trelawny, the vehicle collided with a white 2020 Shacman motor truck, which was travelling in the opposite direction.

The driver of the motorcar sustained serious injuries and was taken to the Falmouth Public General Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

It is still not clear if the driver of the truck sustained any physical injury.

The Falmouth traffic police are investigating.