Chairman of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC), Dr Lucien Jones, has renewed calls for urgent action to stem the rising number of road deaths following Friday morning’s horrific crash in Trelawny that claimed seven lives and left others seriously injured.

Speaking in the aftermath of the collision, Jones said the latest carnage on the nation’s roads pushed up the death toll since the start of the year.

“We are waiting on the details to make any further comment,” Jones said, noting that preliminary police reports indicated that six people had died and two others were badly injured in the crash, which occurred shortly after 8 a.m.