Rasbert Turner, Freelance Writer

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Principal of the Dinthill Technical High School, Dennis Clarke, says that there is an urgent need for the society to show more care for students.

Following the death of one of his students Sashay Wilson last week, the principal said that gone are the days when adults showed care.

"When I used to go to school, an adult would not go inside the vehicle and leave you outside. now they will even trample on the students to get seat," he remarked.

Clarke said that the government needed to streamline the transport sector for students to get home as it was the lack of a proper transportation system that caused Wilson to be one of the four persons who perished.

Wilson and the three other persons lost their lives on Tuesday night along the Guanaboa Vale main road in St.Catherine.

Reports from the Constabulary Communication Network's liaison officer for St. Catherine are that at about 7:30 p.m., a Nissan minibus and a red Toyota pickup were travelling towards Spanish Town.

On reaching the Dover's Crossing section of the road, the driver of the pickup attempted to overtake the minibus and collided with a Toyota Corolla that was travelling in the opposite direction.

The seven occupants of the Corolla, including the driver, sustained serious injuries and were taken to the Spanish Town Hospital, where four succumbed.

It was revealed that Wilson had been thrown from the vehicle on impact as she had been sitting in another passenger's lap. She is said to have taken the car as there was inadequate transportation.

The police traffic department is promising to step up their vigilance of unlicensed motor vehicles that carry students.

"We will be intensifying our approach on the road because things seem to be getting out of hand," remarked Sergeant Osborne Fearon of the Spanish Town Police Station.