Speeding behind two deadly MoBay crashes hours apart
Published:Saturday | March 10, 2018 | 12:00 AM
Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer
WESTERN BUREAU:
Speeding is being cited as the main cause of two crashes resulting in four fatalities hours apart along Montego Bay’s elegant corridor between the Sangster International Airport and Lilliput, St James.
Siblings Chadwick Robinson and Miguel Mills lost their lives in a crash near the Hospiten Hospital in Rose Hall Friday night while 25-year-old Sheldon Hylton and 24-year-old Odaine Smith died after being thrown from a car in the vicinity of the round-a-bout near the Sangster International Airport on Saturday morning.
It's reported that Robinson and Mills were racing with friends on the public thoroughfare.
Meanwhile, around 6 o'clock Saturday morning, Hylton and Smith were in a Nissan Tiida being driven by Roshawn Gordon, a bell-hop, when the car, suspected to be speeding, picked up a skid.
"The driver lost control of the vehicle as a result of loose debris from the heavy rains Friday night," one eyewitness said.
The car hit a directional sign, rode the embankment and then burst through the ‘Welcome to Montego Bay’ sign before it came to a halt.
IN PHOTO: The damaged 'Welcome to Montego Bay' sign following the crash in the St James capital this morning - photo via WhatsApp
Three persons were thrown out of the vehicle, two on a grassy area and one in the middle of the road.
The driver and another person were assisted from the vehicle by first responders.
An eyewitness said the police were quickly on the scene.
In the meantime, some residents of Rose Hall and Rhyne Park say the uneven surface of the elegant corridor has been contributing to several collisions along the roadway.
A section of the road near the Half Moon Shopping Village going towards Montego Bay has sunk, causing serious challenges for unsuspecting drivers.
After motorists hit the sunken road, their cars often go airborne.
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