Clarendon student dies in crash
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A 17-year-old student of Foga Road High School in Clarendon died in collision involving a bicycle and a motor car on Sunday.
He has been identified as Ceejay Gordon, a resident of Pleasant Valley in the parish.
It's reported that at around 5 p.m., Gordon was riding a bicycle along the Pleasant Valley main road when he collided with a Toyota Probox being operated as a taxi.
Gordon sustained severe injuries from the impact, which also damaged both the bicycle and the motorcar. He was taken to May Pen Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
The 24-year-old driver of the vehicle has been warned of potential prosecution.
The May Pen Traffic Department is investiating the incident.
- Rasbert Turner
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