Two Hotel Workers Perish in Bus Crash
Two female employees of the Bahia Principe Hotel reportedly perished in a motor vehicle accident on Tuesday night (November 22).
The fatal accident occurred along the Dunn’s River main road in St Ann.
Early reports suggest that at minutes to midnight, the 29 seater Grand Bahia Principe staff bus was travelling east towards Ocho Rios, when it slammed into a truck which was parked in the vicinity of the Pearly Beach property.
One of the deceased reportedly died on spot and had to be cut from the wreckage while the other female died at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital.
Eight other employees of the hotel are also reportedly in stable condition in hospital. The driver of the bus, a popular Ocho Rios businessman who is contracted to bring the workers to and from work, is said to have broken his foot in the accident.
The driver of the bus reportedly sustained a broken foot in the accident.
Police have indicated that speeding may have played a role in the accident.
The dead women have not yet been identified.
Via Loop Jamaica
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