Biker, pregnant pillion murdered in Westmoreland
Published:Thursday | March 24, 2022 | 12:30 PM
Hopeton Bucknor/Gleaner Writer
A bike taxi operator and a four-months-pregnant pillion were shot and killed by armed men in Westmoreland last night.
Thirty-two-year-old Dwayne Anthony Robinson, otherwise called 'Wacky' a bike taxi operator of Whitehall in Negril, and 24-year-old Tascin Copeland, of Nompriel Road also in Negril, were killed around 11 p.m.
Robinson was driving his motorcycle taxi along Nompriel Road with Copeland as a pillion.
On reaching a section of the roadway, they were ambushed by armed men who opened fire hitting them both.
Robinson lost control of the motorcycle and crashed into a building.
The police were summoned and upon arrival, both injured victims were rushed to the Savanna-la-Mar hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
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