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JUTC driver dies after bus crashes into ditch in St Catherine

Published:Wednesday | October 8, 2025 | 10:58 AM
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus that was crashed by a driver in St Catherine on October 8.
The Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) bus that was crashed by a driver in St Catherine on October 8.

A Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) driver has died after the bus he was operating crashed into a ditch along Salt Pond Road in St Catherine early Wednesday morning.

He has been identified as Dwayne Mullings.

According to the police, around 3:10 a.m., he was travelling along the road towards Portmore when he lost control of the JUTC bus, which veered off the road and ended up in a ditch.

The driver sustained severe injuries and was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital.

He later succumbed to his injuries.

- Rasbert Turner

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