An eight-year-old girl is one of two persons who lost their lives in car accidents in separate incidents in St Elizabeth and Manchester on Wednesday.

According to police reports, Shaniel Sinclair of Harman district in Manchester died as a result of injuries she received after she was hit by a Mitsubishi Pajero sports utility vehicle about 3:30 p.m.

Sinclair was reportedly walking along the John Robinson main road in the parish when she was hit.

She was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. The driver of the Pajero fled the scene.

In the other incident, 19-year-old Jerow Cunningham of Hill Top district, St Elizabeth, died after a Honda Integra motor car in which he was a passenger ran into a utility pole before hitting a retaining wall.

Lost control

Police say about 11:15 p.m., while heading towards Lacovia in the parish, the driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle on the Park main road.

Witnesses told police that the impact sent Cunningham crashing through the window.

He was rushed to the Black River Hospital where he was pronounced dead.