December 23, 2024
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ST ANN WOMAN ONE OF 2 KILLED IN TRELAWNY CRASH

VIDEOS TAKEN WHILE WOMAN WAS HURT, NEEDING HELP

A second woman has died from injuries in the traffic crash on the Braco main road, Trelwany, Sunday afternoon.

Police have identified her as 53-year-old Sharon Hackett of Linstead, St Catherine.

The North Coast Times had earlier reported that a nurse from St Ann had died in the crash. She is thirty-nine-year-old Ava-Daun Allen, of Steer Town, St. Ann.

Mr Allen was the driver of a red Toyota Altis heading west, toward Falmouth, that got out of control on the wet roadway at Braco, and slammed head-on into a truck travelling in the opposite direction about 4:20 Sunday, October 8.

Sharon Hackett

Ms Hackett was the passenger in the truck. She and the driver received multiple injuries and were taken to Falmouth hospital where she succumbed at 7:50 pm., Sunday.

The driver was being treated.

The North Coast Times reported that some of the first people on the scene were taking videos even when Hackett was rolling around in pain in the cab of the truck. Initially, no one attempted to assist her.

 

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