A 16-year-old boy is dead following a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Development Road and Bell Road, near the Three Miles area, of St Andrew, yesterday.

The dead teen has been identified as Carey Whyte of a St Andrew address. He was reportedly a passenger in a vehicle at the time of the incident. Reports from the Hunts Bay police are that about 11:45 a.m., the driver of a Honda motor car failed to stop at the intersection and subsequently crashed into a truck. Both vehicles ran off the road.

The teen was taken from the Honda car and was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Further reports are that the driver of the truck was stuck inside the vehicle for close to two hours before being freed by firefighters. He was taken to the hospital and admitted with a broken leg.