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Machine operator killed in Westmoreland crash

Published:Friday | October 14, 2022 | 1:04 PM
He was transported to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. - File photo

A machine operator is now dead, following his involvement in a motorcycle crash along the Ketto main road, in Westmoreland, on Thursday afternoon.

He has been identified as 56-year-old Winston Black, of Springfield district, also in Westmoreland.

The Grange Hill police say about 1:30 p.m., Black was riding his motorcycle from the direction of Spring Gardens towards the Springfield community when he failed to keep to the left.

He lost control of the motorcycle and was thrown from the bike on to the roadway, sustaining head and body injuries.

He was transported to the Savanna-la-Mar Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

- Hopeton Bucknor

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