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Portmore woman dies after being hit by car

Published:Tuesday | January 4, 2022 | 4:41 PM
The police say the driver of the motor car recorded a negative reading for alcohol and he was warned for prosecution. - File photo.

Forty-eight-year-old Orlene Mitchell, a call centre agent of Duncans Road in Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine, died from injuries she sustained after being hit by a motor car on Monday night.

The police report that about 7:00 p.m., Mitchell attempted to cross Dawkins Drive, which is in Portmore, when she was hit by a Toyota Premio motor car.

She was assisted to hospital where she died while being treated.

The police say the driver of the motor car recorded a negative reading for alcohol and he was warned for prosecution.

Investigations continue.

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