UPDATE: Third person dies following two-vehicle Manchester crash
MANCHESTER, Jamaica — A third person has died following a two-vehicle crash on the Melrose Hill Bypass in Manchester on Friday morning.
READ: WATCH: Two dead, multiple injured in Manchester crash
Police confirmed that two men and a woman who were passengers in a taxi succumbed to injuries they sustained in the crash. Fifteen people were injured in the crash.
Preliminary reports are that about 11:00 am the taxi was traveling uphill on the Melrose Hill Bypass when a collision occurred with a Hyundai H1 minibus travelling in the opposite direction.
OBSERVER ONLINE understands that the minibus was transporting workers of a company contracted to the highway project.
In May traffic changes were made to the Melrose Hill Bypass, which is being incorporated into the US $188 million May Pen to Williamsfield leg of Highway 2000, to accommodate only westbound traffic.
Eastbound traffic has been diverted to the Old Melrose Hill Road.
– Kasey Williams
