Another member of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has perished in a motor vehicle crash.32-year old Corporal, Rory Beezer of Toll Gate in Clarendon was killed on the Toll Gate main road on Monday morning. 25-year old Melissa Johnson also died in the crash.
This brings to eight the number of persons killed in traffic crashes since the start of the holiday weekend.
It's reported that about 8:45, Corporal Beezer was riding a motor bike with Ms Johnson as a pillion rider on the Toll Gate main road heading towards Manchester.
They were traveling behind a truck which stopped
It's reported that they fell off the bike, which ran under the truck.
Corporal Beezer and Ms Johnson sustained multiple injuries and were taken to the May Pen Hospital where they were pronounced dead.
He's the second soldier to have died in a road crash within the last 48 hours.
22 year old JDF member Kemba Baxter and his 19 year old cousin Adrian Smith died when their Nissan Pulsar motor car slammed into a wall in Castleton, St. Mary on Sunday morning.
Four British nationals, also died in a motor vehicle crash in Trelawny shortly after midnight on Sunday.
They were killed when the bus in which they were passengers crashed along the Braco main road. Transport and Works Minister Mike Henry is to receive a detailed reports on the fatal motor vehicle crashes by the end of the week. He says the crash reports will be discussed at a meeting with agencies which fall under under his ministry.
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