Dionne Rose, Staff Reporter
THE BODIES of the two Jamaican farm workers, who were killed during a motor vehicle accident last week, will be returned home today.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Alvin McIntosh, said that the bodies of 51-year-old William Bell of Sandy River district in Kellits, Clarendon, and 39-year-old Desmond McNeill of Lennox Bigwoods district in Darliston, Westmoreland, will arrive in the island fully embalmed for burial.
He said the ministry would also be meeting the funeral expenses of the men.
LOOKING INTO THE CIRCUMSTANCES
In the meantime, Mr. McIntosh said the ministry has also engaged the services of a lawyer and a private investigator in Canada to look into the circumstances of the accident.
"These persons were employed in order to pursue liability actions," said Mr. McIntosh.
NO ARREST MADE
The Permanent Secretary said that while no arrests had been made in relation to the deaths, a 20-year-old man is being questioned by the Canadian police.
The families of both men will each receive US$7,500 ($457,500) from the Jamaica Liaison Service and the ministry will also be making arrangements to assist the children of the men through the social security services available in that ministry.
According to reports from the Liaison Office in Canada, three off-duty farm workers were riding their bicycles from the camp of Simcoe Town Centre when a motor car hit them from behind, killing both Bell and McNeill.
Injured in the accident was 35-year-old, Frederick Smith of Ticky Ticky, Coleyville, Manchester.
