Jamaica news roundup: Rose Hall crash, Hanover murder charge and Mandeville bus award

A second crash in two days was reported Tuesday on the Rose Hall main road, close to the scene where Bianca Wallace died Monday while working as a flag woman on a pipeline project. Police said the latest collision happened shortly before 8 a.m. and caused no reported injuries. Monday’s fatal crash involved a Toyota Hiace public passenger vehicle, a Toyota Rush and a tractor, leaving several people hurt, including students, one said to have serious leg injuries. Authorities again urged care along the crash-prone corridor.

Police are also seeking help to find 29-year-old Lloyd Douglas of Spring Grove district, Manchester, who has been missing since Friday, May 29. Douglas is described as dark-skinned, slim and about 185 centimetres, or 6 feet 1 inch tall. He was last seen at home about 9:30 a.m. wearing an army-green T-shirt, blue jeans and black slippers. Information may be given to the Porus police at 876-904-1577, the emergency number 119, or the nearest station.

In Hanover, police have charged 36-year-old Aldine Germaine Blake, reportedly originally from Clarendon, with murder and immigration breaches after 33-year-old Aad and Katie Bradshaw of Tampa, Florida, and Bulls Bay, Hanover, was found dead Monday. Investigators said Blake, Bradshaw and an infant believed to be theirs were staying at a Bulls Bay rental when an early-morning dispute occurred. Residents later saw Blake walking toward Lucea with the baby. Police said he first claimed Bradshaw had gone to Clarendon, but officers later found her body with suspected stab wounds. Hanover has recorded nine murders so far this year, up from six for the same period in 2025.

St. Elizabeth businessman and farmer Rlock French, 50, of Seven Corner, Santa Cruz, has been charged with housebreaking and receiving stolen property after police allegedly found poker-box circuit boards, gaming-machine parts, a roulette machine, a touchscreen monitor, a water pump and a generator at his home Friday. Superintendent Cage Mento said French could not account for the items and urged persons with stolen poker boxes to check with the Black River CIB.

A retired teacher has received $200,000 for pain and suffering from a 2011 Mandeville bus accident after the Supreme Court reduced a $250,000 award by 20 per cent for contributory negligence. Justice Sonia Winter Blair found driver Michael Marlon Malcolm and owner Jason Simpson liable for 80 per cent after a Toyota Hiace minibus hit the woman near Mandeville market. The court also awarded agreed special damages of $23,457, with interest and costs.