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Accident on Half Way Tree Road

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"The sign to the left of this damaged Vauxhall motorcar says, "Uni Motors Quality Used Cars." It was not known if Uni-Motors which were agents for Vauxhall were interested in this Vauxhall which tangled with this JOS along Half Way Tree Road…

Wrecked Peugeot car

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"Death car: remains of the blue Peugeot car along the Marcus Garvey Drive, after its collision with a JOS bus. Three of five men travelling in the car lost their lives."

Truck accident on Hagley Park Road

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"Death truck: this truck in the hands of gunmen, brought swift death to a woman [foreground] who was standing on the Hagley Park Road sidewalk yesterday. The empty crates in the picture were a silent witness to the looting which took place…

Overturned Leyland truck

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"How lucky can you get? Truck driver Barrington Small (in front of truck) was on his way to the Salt River bulk sugar store Sunday with a load full of 18 tons brown sugar from New Yarmouth and Monymusk, when the steering on his Leyland truck snapped.…

Accident along Bamboo Avenue in St. Elizabeth

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"Death van: seen in the picture above is the Datsun van which brought death to Austin Lloyd Asher 25, a driver attached to Mutual Life, when it crashed along Bamboo Avenue in Holland, St. Elizabeth on Sunday morning. Also injured were Phillis and…

Accident on bridge east of Port Antonio

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"This bridge just over a mile, east of Port Antonio is said to have demolished more cars, than any other bridge in Jamaica. Its latest victim was this NC 1009 owned by Martins Car-Rental, and driven by American tourist Marvin of 1298 N.W. 10th…

Deanery and Camp Roads intersection

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"Can you help: this is what this motorist seems to be asking the motor-cycle policeman at the intersection of Camp Road and Deanery Road on Saturday when his right rear tyre left the rim."

Red Hills Road crash

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"Red Hills Road: This police patrol car was put out of service yesterday when it crashed into the back of the Jamaica Public Service line truck [at right] along Red Hills Road. The car was driven by Constable W. Brown and the truck by Wesley James.…

Overturned truck in St. Ann

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"At a sharp corner one mile from Moneague, St. Ann this truck, leaving Mount Diablo for Ocho Rios, overturned with five people aboard. Wilton Thompson, 15 was killed. His father Lebert, and the driver, 30-year-old George Campbell received minor…

Van in irrigation ditch

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"This can licensed AD536 ended up in an irrigation ditch near Bodles Agricultural Station in St. Catherine, when the driver lost control after colliding with a car driven by Richard Barker of 2 Kingswood Close, Kingston 8, on Thursday afternoon. The…