February 25, 2018
9-y-o flung from vehicle during crash, dies
ST MARY, Jamaica — A nine-year-old boy died as a result of injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle crash in Port Maria, St Mary yesterday.
Dead is Cawayne Barton, a student of the Port Maria Primary School.
According to reports, Cawayne’s father, a member of the Jamaica Defence Force, was driving along Stennet Street in the parish when he lost control of the vehicle and it hit the sidewalk and overturned.
The boy was flung from the vehicle while his father sustained injuries.
They were rushed to the Port Maria Hospital where Cawayne was pronounced dead and his father admitted to hospital.