Driver turns himself in to police

Dwayne Mcleod, Staff Reporter

The driver of a garbage truck that was involved in a collision which left two women dead and two others injured on Hagley Park Road, on July 4, turned himself in to the police yesterday.

Now in custody is 66-year-old Aston George Williams. According to reports, Williams, who was accompanied by his lawyer turned himself in to the Half-Way Tree police and will now be interrogated.

The Constabulary Communication Network had reported that about 6:40 a.m. on the day of the deadly accident, a Leyland garbage truck reportedly driven by Williams, was travelling along Hagley Park Road, heading towards Half-Way Tree.

On reaching a section of the road, he reportedly lost control of the vehicle which collided with a Toyota Tacoma that was travelling in the same direction which then slammed into a Honda motor car.

Four women were reportedly standing on the sidewalk and were hit by the Leyland truck.

Forty-nine year-old Desrine Irving, a newspaper vendor of Maxfield Avenue, Kingston 10 died on the spot, while the other injured women were rushed to the Kingston Public Hospital where they were admitted in serious condition.

Allison Burke, 46, of Portmore, St. Catherine succumbed to her injuries on Wednesday, July 9.