Names released of victims in Edward Seaga Highway crash

The St Catherine police have released the identities of two people who died as a result of a motor vehicle crash along the Edward Seaga Highway on Saturday.

The victims have been identified as 33-year-old Ricardo Collins of Binns Road, Kingston 11, and 23-year-old Shaddai Mason from Waterford, Portmore, St Catherine.

It's reported that at about 7:45 a.m. on Saturday, Collins was driving a 2017 Honda Civic motor car along the highway. Upon reaching a section of the roadway near the Linstead toll plaza, the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle, which slammed into a metal railing.

The occupants sustained severe injuries and were taken to the Linstead Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

Investigations are being undertaken by the Linstead Traffic Department.

- Rasbert Turner

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