ST.ANDREW, JAMAICA: 3 Cops among 6 people injured in Half-Way-Tree Road smash-up,,,,The driver of the Toyota Wish, who managed to scramble from the vehicle unaided, wept openly at the series of events. "Look how mi could a lose mi life," he bawled. "Look on the state of my car!"

Thursday, February 19, 2015BY KIMMO MATTHEWSObserver staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com 

SIX people, including three members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force, were rushed to hospital yesterday following a two-vehicle crash on Half- Way -Tree Road, in the vicinity of the Beechwood Avenue intersection, in St Andrew.

A traffic cop gives instructions at the scene of this motor vehicle
 crash on Half-Way-Tree Road at the Beechwood Avenue intersection,
 in St Andrew, yesterday. Six people, including three police
 officers, were injured in the two-vehicle crash. See full
story on Page 3. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS)

Police said that the accident occurred about 12:15 pm when an unmarked police service vehicle, a Suzuki SX4, that was exiting Beechwood Avenue collided with a blue Toyota Wish that was travelling north on Half -Way-Tree Road.

"I was standing at the bus stop waiting to get a bus when I heard the loud [sound]. I almost fainted," said one woman who claimed that she witnessed the accident.

As she made the comment, police and other members of the public were seeing removing the injured from the wrecked vehicle and placing them in other police vehicles which transported them to hospital.

Meanwhile, a fire under the hood of the Toyoto Wish caused by the impact of the crash was quickly put out with extinguishers by passing motorists before firefighters arrived on the scene.

The driver of the Toyota Wish, who managed to scramble from the vehicle unaided, wept openly at the series of events.

Cops gathered at the scene

"Look how mi could a lose mi life," he bawled. "Look on the state of my car!"

The accident interrupted the flow of traffic on both Beechwood Avenue and Half-Way-Tree Road after police blocked the vicinity of site and re-routed motorists.

The crash came a day after the launch of the National Road Safety Council's (NRSC) 2015 campaign, themed 'Live Road Safety, Reap the Rewards', at the Half-Way-Tree Transportation Centre. more