News April 14 2026

Man dies after car airbag incident in Spanish Town

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The police in St Catherine are investigating the death of a man who was fatally injured after the airbag in the car he was driving deployed.

The deceased has been identified as 51-year-old labourer Mark McCalla of St John’s Road in Spanish Town.

Reports from the police are that about 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, McCalla was driving a Honda Aria motor car in his yard when the airbag deployed and severely injured him.

He was assisted to the Spanish Town Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

- Rasbert Turner

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