Minto released from hospital, pickup driver charged
ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica — Head of the St Elizabeth police, Superintendent Coleridge Minto has been released from hospital four days after he was involved in a two-vehicle crash in New Market in the parish.
Last Thursday between 4:30 and 5:00 pm Minto was travelling in an unmarked service vehicle, a Mitsubishi Pajero, on the Jacks Gate main road in New Market when a Nissan pickup crashed into the front of the SUV.
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The cop was first admitted to the Black River Hospital before being transferred to the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). He was released from hospital on Monday after undergoing several tests and remains on sick leave.
A source confirmed that the driver of the Nissan pickup, Dwight Parchment, a resident of Myersville district in St Elizabeth has been charged with careless driving resulting in a collision and is to appear in court on April 11 in Santa Cruz.
— Kasey Williams