Police High Command saddened by death of young cop in bizarre crash that also claimed ‘cult’ leader
Gavin Riley / Our Today
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The Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) Police High Command has expressed sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Constable Orlando Irons, who died in the service vehicle accident in St Catherine on Monday (October 25).
The Police High Command, in a statement late Monday evening, said that the 26-year-old Irons was assigned to the Fugitive Operation Team in the St James Division.
Irons was among two persons who succumbed to injuries sustained in a bizarre crash along the Bog Walk Gorge in St Catherine.
The late disgraced leader of the Pathways Christian Cathedral, Kevin Smith, was also pronounced dead at the Linstead Hospital.
Reports are that about 9:30 am, Constable Irons was travelling in an unmarked police vehicle with two other officers and murder suspect Kevin Smith, when the vehicle collided with two other vehicles and was extensively damaged.
“Constable Irons was among a team escorting Kevin Smith to Kinston to be formally charged with two counts of murder and other offences. Both men were seriously injured and taken to hospitals where they were pronounced dead, while two officers were admitted in serious condition,” the Police High Command indicated.
According to the JCF top brass, the force’s Chaplaincy Unit, Medical Services Branch and Welfare Department are providing support to the family members and colleagues of Constable Irons.
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