December 23, 2024
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DOUBLE FATAL COLLISION IN ST MARY

Car Plunges Into Wag Water River

 

Two men were killed and a woman was injured after the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged into Wag Water River on Friday.

One of the men has been identified as  Moses Eubanks, taxi operator, of Barbican Road, St Andrew, and the other was not identified up to Saturday morning.

Moses Eubanks

Reports from the Annotto Bay Police are that one of the men was driving a Toyota Mark X motor car with the other male and the woman aboard. The vehicle was heading towards Port Maria, St Mary,when the driver allegedly lost control of it.

The car hit the railing of the bridge over the Wag Water at Agualta Vale, and plunged into the river.

The police were summoned and the injured occupants were taken to the Annotto Bay Hospital.

Both men were pronounced dead on arrival; the woman was treated and released. Investigations continue.

Video shows the vehicle after it was pulled from the river

 

C Hall