The Port Antonio police are still seeking the driver of the ill-fated truck that plunged over a precipice in Stanton district, Portland, on Friday night, killing 14 persons and injuring seven.

The police do not know the driver's name, but he is believed to be from the Boundbrook community in the parish.

Reports are that about 8:30 p.m. on Friday, a truck was transporting persons from Cornwall Barracks in the parish to Coronation market in Kingston. On reaching Stanton district in an area called 'Dam', the driver was negotiating a corner when the rear wheel hit the kerb and the truck plunged into the ravine. The driver fled the scene.

Dead are Winston Taylor, 51; Faston Telfer, 20; Aaron Lewis, 39; Beverly Johnson, 41; Fay Dillon, 68; Carmen Leslie, 49; Joyce Scott, Lebert Rogers, 49; Leroy Deans, 36; Beverly McDonald, 49; Lassandra Dyce, 33; Althea Anderson, 59; Alrita Fuller, 76; and 11-year-old Renaldo Palmer.

Police say admitted to the Port Antonio Hospital in serious but stable condition are Balford Richards, 52; Veronica Cochrane, 41; and Novelette Fuller, 43. Linford Jackson is in critical condition at the St Ann's Bay Hospital. Joyce Whyte, 47; Derrick Fuller and Headley Evans were treated and released.

All 21 persons are from Portland addresses.