One dead, several injured after market truck goes over precipice in Westmoreland
Onlookers at the scene of the truck crash in Darliston, Westmoreland on Thursday.
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Kimberley Peddie  
January 26, 2024

One dead, several injured after market truck goes over precipice in Westmoreland

WESTMORELAND, Jamaica – At least one person is dead and several others hospitalised after a truck transporting market vendors and their goods plunged over a precipice in Darliston, Westmoreland on Friday morning.

The incident happened shortly after 5 am.

“Seven persons have been taken to the hospital. They are undergoing treatment at this moment,” Detective Superintendent of Police Dean Watson told Observer Online.

More details to come.

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