Three dead, two injured in Hanover crash
Published:Wednesday | July 16, 2025 | 1:53 PM
Three people were killed and two others injured in a two-vehicle crash along Norman Manley Boulevard in Hanover on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as 65-year-old Calbert Hart of Cousins Cove, Hanover; 47-year-old Owen Jackson of Cauldwell, Hanover; and 37-year-old Ricardo Baylis, a labourer of Haughton, Green Island, Hanover.
Reports from the Green Island police are that around 5:50 p.m., a brown Toyota Hilux was travelling west towards Negril when, upon reaching a section of the main road, the driver lost control of the vehicle.
The police said the vehicle then veered off its path and collided with a green Toyota Corolla motor car being driven by Jackson.
The police were alerted to the scene, where Hart and Jackson were pronounced dead.
Baylis and the driver of the Hilux were transported to hospital, where Baylis died while undergoing treatment.
The driver of the Hilux and the fourth occupant travelling in the Toyota Corolla were hospitalised.
The investigation is ongoing.
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