A traffic accident which resulted in a double road fatality over the weekend is being investigated by police.
It occurred took place on the F. T. Williams Highway in St. Kitts Friday Dec. 6th between 11:30PM and 12AM and resulted in the deaths of Shida Jarvis, age nineteen (19), and Malik Williams of King Street, age eighteen (18), both of St. Kitts.
Preliminary investigations indicate that a vehicle operated by nineteen (19)-year-old Azzian Thomas of Wellington Road, collided head-on with another vehicle driven by Kareem Richards of Lime Kiln. Regrettably, Mr. Williams and Ms. Jarvis, two of Mr. Thomas’ three (3) passengers, were pronounced deceased at the scene.
Both drivers sustained numerous injuries in the collision, as well as Mr. Richards’ passenger, Ojani Williams, also from Lime Kiln. Mr. Thomas’ surviving passenger, Zehian Jeffers of Pond’s Pasture, St. Kitts, age nineteen (19), also sustained multiple serious injuries. All injured parties were treated at the Joseph N. France General Hospital. Mr. Richards and Mr. O. Williams have since been discharged while Mr. Thomas and Mr. Jeffers are currently warded and reported to be in stable condition.
These deaths took SKN’s Road Fatality number to 6 for the year so far.
