A St Ann family continues to mourn the death of a motorcyclist who died in a crash in St. Ann on Tuesday evening, March 21.
Dead is 32-year-old Kenroy Gibbs, otherwise called Bikey and Gibbo, a sales representative of Mount Edgecombe, Runaway Bay in the parish.
Kenroy’s sister who had received messages from him only hours earlier decided to go to the scene near Runaway Bay to see for herself if the news she had received of her brother’s death was true. She later saw him lying dead on the ground.
The wheel from a JUTA bus allegedly broke off causing the bus to lose control and slam into Gibb’s motorcycle, killing him on the scene.
Gibbs’ sister, Annette Gibbs explained in an interview with The Times that she and other family members are not dealing well with the death of their loved one, but are being supported by other relatives and friends.
THE CRASH
It is reported that about 6:45 p.m., Gibbs was driving his motorcycle from Discovery Bay towards Runaway Bay at Pear Tree bottom when a JUTA bus heading to Montego Bay got out of control.
It slammed into the motorcycle forcing it against a column on a section of a bridge in the area.
This caused Gibbs to fall from the motorcycle.
He sustained multiple broken bones and died on the scene.
QUIET AND HELPFUL
Gibbs’ sister, Annette remembered her brother as a very quiet and helpful brother.
“He (Kenroy Gibbs) was quiet, well mannered, helpful, kind, loving and caring. He was the little brother, who played the role of a big brother,” Ms Gibbs stated.
She indicated that her brother has two children, ages five and eleven years. “The little one is still looking for her daddy to come home,” she added.
Ms Gibbs indicated that the elder daughter of her brother is saddened, but the family is trying their best to ensure that both girls are kept happy as best as possible.
However, Ms Gibbs indicated that the untimely death of Kenroy has left the family not coping well at times.
“Sometimes you’re up and sometimes you’re down at times… He was a really good person,” she indicated.
LAST CONVERSATION
Ms Gibbs indicated that the last conversation that she had with her brother was at around 3:30 p.m. through texting on the day of the fateful accident last Tuesday.
He had texted her to determine how she was doing.
She never would imagine that hours later, while going home that she would received the sad news that her brother was in an accident and had died.
“I had to see for my own eyes that he had really died,” Ms Gibbs said.
She had been taken to the scene and she actually saw her brother on the ground dead.
