JAMAICA: 8 dead in motor vehicle accidents on Sunday

Driver in the Sydney Condoppa fatal St. Mary accident in Jamaica

By MERRICK ANDREWS, Online News Editor

(JTV News) — Eight people died in two separate motor vehicle accidents in Jamaica on Sunday, according to Jamaica Observer reports.

Three friends were killed and two other individuals injured when a car crashed into a Hiace bus in the early hours of Sunday morning in Stewart Town, St. Mary. In the other accident, five men died after their motorcycles crashed into a Hiace bus in rural St. Andrew, on Sunday night.

Quoting police sources, the Jamaica Observer said the three people who died in the crash on the Stewart Town main road in St Mary included the driver, identified as 29-year-old Sydney Condoppa.

Reports are that Condoppa, a taxi operator, and his two male friends, were coming from a party in Ocho Rios and heading to another party in St. Mary in his Toyota Probox when he allegedly overtook a line of traffic and collided with the Toyota Hiace bus, which was coming from Port Maria.

News reports indicate that Condoppa died on the spot while his two friends died at the hospital. Police said two other individuals are being treated at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital.

Five people are dead after motorcyclists collided with a bus in rural St. Andrews, Jamaica.

Meanwhile, the other accident which claimed more lives occurred on the Temple Hall main road in a rural part of St. Andrew.

According to the Jamaica Observer, around 9:45 p,m., the men were traveling on motorcycles, in a northern direction, when their bikes collided with the Toyota Hiace bus.

The injured men were pronounced dead at the hospital.