A third person has died from the fatal Llandovery crash between a bus and a car last month.
Dead is Kayla Bennett-King, 17, of Philadelphia near Brown’s Town in St.Ann.
It has already been reported that the crash claimed the lives of two women, Lenora Campbell, 54 and Marilyn Anderson Higgins, 46, both of Knapdale, near Brown’s Town, St Ann. The crash involved a grey 2009 Toyota Corolla Axio motorcar and a Toyota Regius Ace minibus.
Bennett-King succumbed in the Intensive Care Unit at the University Hospital on Tuesday, September 6, from head injuries she had sustained in the two-vehicle collision.
Friends have been paying tribute to King via her Facebook page. Many recall the last encounter they had with her and have sent condolences to her family. Quite a number of close friends are still in dismay as a result of her passing, while others posted RIP to her timeline.
According to Sergeant Bryan, of the St Ann Traffic police, they are still collecting statements from passengers involved in the crash.
In the meantime, the male drivers of the minibus and the Toyota Corolla Axio motorcar gave statements to the police on Monday, August 15.
They have since been warned for prosecution.
The minibus and the Toyota Axio motorcar were licensed and insured.
Reports are that the minibus and the Toyota Axio motorcar were travelling from Runaway Bay, heading easterly towards Ocho Rios about 2:32 p.m. on Friday, August 12.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the minibus pulled out of the line of traffic and was overtaking, when the Axio motor, car which was ahead, also pulled out and a collision took place between the two.
The bus ended up on its top in a ditch and the car, which had one passenger, ended up in bushes off the highway.
