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CHEATING DEATH - Guard disembarked vehicle minutes before four killed in highway collision

Kymani Steele is still in shock as he remembers disembarking the Toyota Fielder death car around 15 minutes before a fiery collision along the Queen’s Highway in St Ann killed four members of a family on Sunday morning. Steele, a security guard,...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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