More men dying in road accidents

By Glenroy Sinclair, Staff Reporter

MORE MEN, than women, continue to die in motor vehicle accidents on Jamaica's roads.

This is according to reports from the Police Traffic Headquarters, Elletson Road, east Kingston.

"Since the start of the year, 174 persons have been killed in 157 accidents. Of the number, 134 of the victims were males," said Sergeant Hubert Dennis of the Police Traffic Headquarters.

During the corresponding period last year, of the 188 persons killed, 146 were males. Among the latest victims is a 68-year-old man who died in the Kingston Public Hospital on Tuesday.

Police reports say the bicycle rider died at the KPH on Tuesday from injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident on the Spanish Town bypass in St. Catherine, on Friday, July 13.

The dead man has been identified as Noel Thomas, fisherman, of St. John's Road, near Spanish Town. Thirty-seven bicycle riders have lost their lives in traffic accidents since the start of the year.

Reports relating to Thomas's death, are that about 6 p.m. last week Friday, he was riding his bicycle along William Street. On reaching the bypass, he was involved in a collision with a Toyota Corolla car driven by

Anthony Rose, 30, also of Spanish Town.

Mr. Thomas suffered multiple injuries and was taken to the Spanish Town Hospital where he was admitted. He was later transferred to the KPH where he died on Tuesday.

Pedestrians top the other categories of road fatalities, with 57 being killed so far this year. They are followed by bicycle riders, 32, and motorcyclists, 12.

It is understood that of the number of people killed in motor vehicle accidents since January, 27 were children, 22 of whom were pedestrians.

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