A taxi operator who was charged last year after being in a crash that killed five of his passengers in Westmoreland, pleaded guilty on Thursday.
Delroy Rodney, 47, pleaded guilty to five counts of causing death by dangerous driving when he appeared in the Westmoreland Circuit Court.
Rodney's charges stem from a fatal vehicular crash that occurred on November 13, last year, when his Toyota Voxy, which he was operating as a public passenger vehicle, collided with a motor truck on the Bluefields main road in Westmoreland.
He was subsequently charged following an investigation into the crash.
His bail has been extended to February 20, next year, when a sentencing hearing is to be held.
The presiding judge, Justice Courtney Daye, has ordered a social enquiry report and victim impact report.
Those who perished in the crash are 15-year-old schoolgirl Lavecia Forrester and her 39-year-old mother, Petrina Wallace, of Gordon district, in Whitehouse; Oneil Allen and his mother, 65-year-old Angela Samuel, of Mount Edgecombe; and 54-year-old Janet Thompson, of McAlpine.
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