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JAM | Dec 2, 2024

Driver in crash that killed two Clarendon students held at Norman Manley Airport

Vanassa McKenzie

Vanassa McKenzie / Our Today

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External view of the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston. (Photo: nmia.aero)

The police have apprehended the driver of the Subaru Impreza motorcar who fled the scene of a tragic motor vehicle crash on the Bustamante Highway in Clarendon this morning.

Transport Minister Daryl Vaz confirmed that the driver was apprehended at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.

The incident claimed the lives of two students. They are 12-year-old Richard Tulloch, a student of Turner’s district, Chapelton, Clarendon, and 16-year-old Jody-Ann Lodge, a student of News Bowens district, Clarendon.

Screenshot from the car accident in Clarendon on Monday, December 2, 2024, in which two students from Lennon High School in Clarendon died.

Reports are that at about 8:30 am, the Subaru Impreza was travelling westward towards Four Paths. It is alleged that the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with an Isuzu motor truck, which caused it to overturn and crash into a Toyota Probox.

The police were summoned, and a total of five passengers were taken to the hospital, where Tulloch and Lodge succumbed to their injuries.

The investigation is ongoing, and further updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

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