Two charged in crash that killed four teens in St Ann
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Police have charged two men in relation to the crash that claimed the lives of four teenagers in Ocho Rios, St Ann last Saturday.
Akeem Palmer and Omarko Green have been charged with leaving the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident.
Green is also charged with perverting the course of justice.
Police had launched a manhunt to identify the drivers of two Mercedes-Benz motorcars involved in the three-vehicle collision that claimed the lives of 17-year-old Shantana Leonard of Cardiff Hall, Runaway Bay; 16-year-old Kenneil Lyle of Mansfield Heights, Ocho Rios; 16-year-old Marcodine Maxwell, also of Mansfield Heights, Ocho Rios; and 15-year-old Rajani Abdul, also from Mansfield Heights.
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According to reports from the St Ann’s Bay police, the collision occurred about 2:30 am as two black Mercedes-Benz C43 motorcars travelled west along the roadway.
One of the vehicles reportedly attempted to overtake the other but veered into the path of an oncoming Toyota Vitz driven by Leonard, with the other three teenagers as passengers.