MANCHESTER, Jamaica – A motorcyclist was killed in a traffic collision on the Kendal main road in Manchester today.
Dead is 21-year-old Chanderpaul Mitchell of Chudleigh in the parish.
Mitchell’s death comes against the background of 2015 statistics which show that motorcyclists were killed more frequently in road crashes than any other category of road users, including pedestrians.
The Kendal Police say that Mitchell was driving a Jamco motorcycle about 7:30 am along the roadway when he allegedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed head on into a Toyota motor car. He was pronounced dead at hospital.
Commenting on the incident, head of the Traffic Division Superintendent Calvin Allen said that the police have been appealing to persons to put safety first when using the nation’s roadways.
He said that the division reviews its deployment on an ongoing basis to see if additional Police presence may help to prevent some incidents, but noted that there have been incidents in the past where persons became victims of road crashes minutes after being ticketed by the police.
