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"Accident site: the construction site of the Regency Hyatt Hotel in Ocho Rios where two accidents have occurred within the past week. On Tuesday last, four men were injured, two seriously, when this steel tank, in foreground fell from a height of…

"Bring home the beer: you know what happens when Mohammed will not go to the mountain. But there's no telling what will happen when you don't go to the brewery. At Papine on Saturday the brewery almost went to the householder when this truck which…

"Lucky cop: This police patrol car got out of control along Hope Road yesterday, careened in a screeching about-turn and then was knocked back onto its proper path by the JOS bus alongside. The driver and only occupant, E.L. Hall, received minor cuts…

Two cars that were involved in a collision.

"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.…

"Curious onlookers inspecting the damage to this tanker which crashed into a bridge, one mile from Port Morant on Friday. The bridge was also damaged. Owned by Ivan Jackson of 11 3/4 Seabreeze Avenue, Kingston 2, the tanker was being driven by Lloyd…

"Bottoms up! But nothing of cheer here."

"Very close: Constable A. Campbell of Mobile Reserve narrowly escaped death yesterday when his motor cycle collided with this dumper truck driven by Mr. C. Couter. The accident occurred at the intersection of Hector Street and South Camp Road. The…

"The driver said the cow [in picture at left] was the author of the mishap. Bessie jumped from a bank into the roadway and into the path of the minibus. The driver swerved again to avoid crashing into another vehicle [inset]."

"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…