Morris Minor motor car wreckage

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Title

Morris Minor motor car wreckage

Description

"Curious onlookers inspect the wreckage of this Morris Minor motor car which left the roadway of a Jamaica Sugar Estates road in St. Thomas and ended up in a canal last Wednesday. Driver Dervin Webley, 17, of Stokes Hall who had driven out the vehicle from the Labour and Employment Training Centre at Hordley was admitted to the Isaac Barrant Hospital with broken legs. Three other occupants of the car, Norman Reid of Rocky Point, Hugh Malcolm of Duckenfield and Kenneth Thompson of Hampton Court were also injured. The roof of the car had to be torn off to remove the occupants."

Subject

Traffic accidents - Jamaica; Automobiles - Collision damage

Creator

Daily News Morant Bay

Date

Apr-1975

Source

NLJ Photograph Collection IN: Daily News Collection - Accidents

Identifier

D0009969

Rights

Permission to reproduce this image must be obtained from the National Library of Jamaica.

Format

JPEG

Type

Photograph

Citation

Daily News Morant Bay, “Morris Minor motor car wreckage,” National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection , accessed December 27, 2024, https://nljdigital.nlj.gov.jm/items/show/9065.