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Motorcyclist dies after crashing into utility pole

Published:Sunday | April 19, 2020 | 12:41 PM

A 30-year-old farmer of Newell district, St. Elizabeth has died as a result of injuries he sustained after crashing into a utility pole in the parish on Friday, April 17.

He has been identified as Kemar James, 

Reports from the Black River Police are that about 5:30 p.m., James was driving a motorcycle along the Watchwell main road, when he reportedly lost control of it and crashed into the utility pole.

Passers-by alerted the police and James taken to hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.

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