A motorist has been killed and his passenger injured in a car crash in the early hours of this morning.
The deceased is 25 year old Jakeem Scantlebury-Bishop of Indian Ground, St. Peter who was pronounced dead at the scene by a medical doctor and identified by a family member.
The accident occurred about 12:30 am today, Sunday, along the Warleigh Section of the Ronald Mapp Highway in St. Peter.
The police say a motor car was traveling north along the highway when the driver lost control and ran off the road into a bushy area on the left of the roadway.
The driver suffered fatal injuries while his passenger complained of pain to his neck, back and shoulder and was transported by ambulance personnel to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital for treatment.
