LINSTEAD, St. Catherine:
CURIOUS ONLOOKERS continue to stop by the spooky Flat Bridge area in St. Catherine to get a picture of the spot where 61-year-old Enid Morrison of Bensonton, St. Ann met her death last week Saturday.
The Lada Station Wagon in which she was travelling plunged into the Rio Cobre where she drowned as a result of being pinned down by the seatbelt she was wearing. The vehicle was travelling from Spanish Town to St. Ann.
However, according to Traffic Inspector Seabert Nelson, the incident seemed to be as a result of mechanical failure. The Traffic Inspector did say, however, that a thorough examination of the vehicle, now at the Bog Walk Police Station, is expected to be undertaken as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, according to sources at the Spanish Town Hospital, Ms. Morrison's son Barrington Boothes is now in stable condition.
In the meantime, the St. Catherine Traffic Department, has confirmed that since 1999 over 12 persons have lost their lives when the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into the Rio Cobre.
The highest number of those who lost their lives by drowning was in August of 1999 when a mini-van on its way to the National Arena to attend a function plunged into the Rio Cobre when the driver lost control of the vehicle. The St. Catherine Traffic Department has confirmed that 6 of the bodies were recovered, while two were never found.
However, the Traffic Inspe-ctor, Seabert Nelson, said he is baffled to know what next could be done by the police to prevent vehicles from plunging into the Rio Cobre that has proven a watery grave for a number of persons.
The police agreed that motorists simply had to be more careful when using the roadways, including Flat Bridge.
