A woman was killed and 14 people injured during a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of the Sandy Bay main road and Bustamante Highway last Saturday.

Dead is Melrose Anderson, 27 of Cheapside, Manchester. Seven men and seven women of Manchester, Clarendon, Portland and St Andrew addresses were injured.

Police say about 7:15 a.m. a white Toyota Hiace minibus was travelling on the Bustamante Highway towards Kingston with passengers. When the bus reached the intersection it collided with a white Isuzu pickup, which was entering the highway from the Sandy Bay main road.

The impact caused the bus to overturn landing on Anderson who was thrown from the vehicle. She died on the spot . The injured persons were taken to the May Pen Hospital where 10 were treated and released and four admitted in stable condition. The driver of the Isuzu pickup is now in police custody.