A crane removing the wreckage of the Toyota Hiace bus involved in the fatal crash along the Llandovery main road in St Ann this morning.
As people continue to lose their lives on the Ocho Rios to Browns Town main road in St. Ann, businessman and civic leader Joe Issa, has expressed condolences to the families of victims in the latest crash this morning while urging drivers to exercise caution when using that corridor.
“As inviting as that roadway is for speeding, one has to be careful because it’s a busy corridor and many drivers use it recklessly. I’m appealing to all of them who drive public and private passenger vehicles, motorcyclist, cyclists, and pedestrians to exercise caution when using the roadway.
“I’m urging drivers to stop the speeding as the road is heavily used and they can expect to have to slowdown or stop at anytime and the faster they drive the less reaction time they will have when called to do so, with the result being loss of life,” says Issa, a past president of the chamber of commerce in St. Ann where his Cool Group is located.
Issa was reacting to the fatal early-morning crash along the Llandovery main road in the parish in which five people are said to have died and several others injured including teachers and students. This roadway where the crash involving a Toyota Hiace bus and a Toyota Rav 4 occurred is between St. Ann’s Bay and Brown’s Town.
While expressing his condolences to the bereaved families Issa recalls in the interview, the wisdom of an elderly UK top traffic cop, who told participants at a seminar, “It doesn’t make sense killing yourself trying to get here only to find out that the seminar has not even started or has been rescheduled or cancelled…It’s better to arrive late and live to apologize rather than not arriving at all.”
Since the start of this year, Jamaica has recorded 82 road crash fatalities compared with 77 for the same period in 2015 and 64 the year before. Motorcyclists accounted for 32 compared with 20 last year for the same period. Pedestrians were next in line, accounting for 13 of the total fatalities, which was a reduction on the 19 recorded for the same period in 2015.
An article quoted Superintendent Cameron as saying that speeding was an “apparent” factor in this morning’s crash, adding that the bus which should have been carrying 12 passengers had approximately 15 people, including seven children.
“It appeared that it lost its drive shaft and some other mechanical part fell off resulting in the driver losing control colliding in a vehicle coming in the other direction… then the bus landed in the soft-shoulder,” Cameron is quoted as saying. “Speeding was an apparent factor…It’s not for a lack of the police presence on the road.”
Several people, including family members of victims in the crash, who gathered at the St Ann’s Bay Hospital are said to have spoken of the irresponsible conduct of drivers who ply the Brown’s Town route. In recent times Superintendent Cameron is known to have expressed concern about the recklessness of drivers plying the route.
A philanthropist, Issa says, “While the 2000 Millennium Development Goals adopted by the UN was a good move to address poverty in developing countries, I believe that since then we have seen more emerging needs to replace it, such as poverty in developed countries, growing income inequality and the dreaded global warming.”
https://joeissahelping.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/joe-issa-high-on-sdgs-encouraged-by-pope-francis/
Follow Joe Issa on LinkedIn, Epic Journey Awaits https://joeyissanetwork.wordpress.com/2016/04/18/follow-joe-issa-on-linkedin-epic-journey-awaits/
“What Readers like about Joe Issa’s Rich Life!” https://joeissasociallife.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/a-glimpse-into-the-social-life-of-business-tycoon-joseph-issa/
Joe Issa – Make Entrepreneurship the Centerpiece of Jamaica’s Education System https://dryapples.wordpress.com/2017/12/22/joe-issa-make-entrepreneurship-the-centerpiece-of-jamaicas-education-system/
Joe Issa Urges the youth of Jamaica to Take Advantage of Impending Opportunities https://dryapples.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/joe-issa-urges-the-youth-of-jamaica-to-take-advantage-of-impending-opportunities/
Joe Issa Commends JCF As Murders Recede. https://marchon44.wordpress.com/2017/11/27/joe-issa-commends-jcf-as-murders-recede
Joe Issa Has Hosted Esteem Prime Ministers on Both Sides of the Atlantic https://jackksblog.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/joe-issa-has-hosted-esteem-prime-ministers-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic/
Joey Issa, Founder Cool Group of Companies, Bullish on 2018 Stock Market Capitalisation https://joeissaandtheworldinlovewithjamaica.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/joey-issa-founder-cool-group-of-companies-bullish-on-2018-stock-market-capitalisation/
‘Miss Representation of Crime’: Sensitivity, Analysis, Role of Media, Educators, Parents Critical – Joe Issa http://myblogsiteonjosephjoeyissa.blogspot.com/2017/10/miss-representation-of-crime.html
Joe Issa – Wigton Windfarm Inches Jamaica Towards 2030 Renewable Target In Energy Mix – Joe Issa https://jackksblog.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/joseph-issa-wigton-windfarm-inches-jamaica-towards-2030-renewable-target-in-energy-mix/
‘Missrepresentation of Crime’: Sensitivity, Analysis, Role of Media, Educators, Parents Critical – Joe Issa https://jackson55love.tumblr.com/post/166234430930/missrepresentation-of-crime-sensitivity
Joseph Issa Pleased with Growth of UK Economy, Bodes Well for Jamaica https://dryapples.wordpress.com/2017/12/30/joseph-issa-pleased-with-growth-of-uk-economy-bodes-well-for-jamaica/
Joe Issa Calls for New Law in 2016 To Force Street People into Shelter, Treat with Dignity https://www.wattpad.com/425812698-joe-issa-calls-for-new-law-to-force-street-people
Joe Issa Supports Teaching Money Management to Kids http://myblogsonjoeissa.blogspot.com/2017/11/joe-issa-supports-teaching-money.html
Joseph Issa Saddened by Passing of Veteran Journalist Ian Boyne, Calls Him Iconic https://woodj44.wordpress.com/2017/12/27/joseph-issa-saddened-by-passing-of-veteran-journalist-ian-boyne-calls-him-iconic
Joseph Issa Calls for New Law in 2016 To Force Street People into Shelter. http://joeyissawelcomesyoutojamaica.blogspot.com/2018/02/civic-leader-and-philanthropist-joeissa.html
Efficiency and Effectiveness Hallmark of Border Control Agency — Joe Issa https://medium.com/@motein34/efficiency-and-effectiveness-hallmark-of-border-control-agency-joe-issa-483e69a2ecd2
New All-State GST Could Improve Efficiency of Indian Economy https://medium.com/@motein34/new-all-state-gst-could-improve-efficiency-of-indian-economy-3132626f0d4c
And Now… Mr.And Mrs.Super Clubs 2000 https://thomas66.wordpress.com/2018/05/20/and-now-mr-and-mrs-super-clubs-2000/
Joe Issa Supports Call for Smartphone Impact Research on Kids https://funandmusicinjamaicajosephissa.wordpress.com/2018/06/13/joe-issa-supports-call-for-smartphone-impact-research-on-kids/
Businessman Joe Issa says he backs unity to get Jamaica to retrace its steps, each going its separate way but all heading straight to the abyss, as more young people join the unemployment line and fill the already overcrowded prisons, while a hefty number of them, along with more innocent citizens fill the stuffed morgue.
“I see the youth headlining the news again this year, if we don’t unite and come to a common understanding of where we are at and where we are going,” Issa says, reminding that “if you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” https://joeyissaadvocates.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/unity-could-save-jamaica-says-joe-issa-it-was-relevant-at-50-crucial-today/
Young Hotelier Joe Issa Expands his Dynamic Hotel Empire! https://joeyissadynamic.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/launching-superclubs-all-inclusive-jamaican-resorts/
Superclubs and GoGo Execs Meet – Joey Issa attends conference https://josephissameeting.wordpress.com/2013/12/05/superclubs-and-gogo-execs-meet/
Joe Issa says New Bolt Film Inspirational, Fit for the Annals. https://winstonssite.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/joe-issa-says-new-bolt-film-inspirational-fit-for-the-annals/
New energy measures,including plans for a major expansion of the Petrojam oil refinery to 50,000 barrels per day,were announced yesterday by the minister of commerce, science and technology, Phillip Paulwell.
Paulwell told the weekly post Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House that Cabinet earlier approved the establishment of a technical team to develop a financial package to fund the expansion of the refinery from its current 35,000 barrels a day. he said that proposals should start at the least US $ 50 million. Read more here
https://josephissapetrol.wordpress.com/2015/06/04/expansion-of-petrojam-among-new-energy-plans/
GRAND LIDO SAN SOUCI: HOME OF THE SUPERSTARS https://joeissasuperstars.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/lionels-farewell/
In Reflections at Christmas: Joe Issa Pays Tribute to Philanthropy of Late Princess Grace of Monaco https://josephissacharity.wordpress.com/2016/01/13/in-reflections-at-christmas-joe-issa-pays-tribute-to-philanthropy-of-late-princess-grace-of-monaco/
Joey Issa Posits: Time to Give Education New Meaning, Emphasis https://dingdong2190.wordpress.com/2018/03/04/joey-issa-posits-time-to-give-education-new-meaning-emphasis/
The fire broke out as customer filled a container with gasoline. A Toyota Hilux pickup truck was partially damaged while a gas pump was destroyed by the blaze.
“A customer was filling a container and somehow fire broke out, The mEffluent-from-cesspool-truck-used-to-douse-gas-station-fire (2) and dropped the hose and ran,” Monique Rose a member of staff said, “The Man with the truck came and contain the fire until the fire truck came.” https://josephissastaff.wordpress.com/2015/06/05/effluent-from-cesspool-truck-used-to-douse-gas-station-fire/
Why Joe Issa Hangs Out With Optimists
http://www.playbuzz.com/katherinemcdonald10/why-joe-issa-hangs-out-with-optimists
Ocho Rios is a Cool Town
http://www.boredpanda.com/joe-issa-ocho-rios-is-a-cool-town/
Grand Lido Sans Souci home of the superstars
https://www.wattpad.com/394968897-grand-lido-sans-souci-home-of-the-superstars
Businessman Joe Issa Points to Jamaica’s New Economic Policy Direction
Why Joe Issa Hangs Out With Optimists https://www.launchora.com/story/why-joe-issa-hangs-out-with-optimists
‘Putting Love into Greetings’: Joe Issa Wishes Staff Merry Christmas, Urges Giving Meaningful Cards, Gifts
https://joeyissastaff.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/putting-love-into-greetings-joe-issa-wishes-staff-merry-christmas-urges-giving-meaningful-cards-gifts/
How Cool Gear Revolutionized Beach Wear in Jamaica
https://joeyissabusiness.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/how-cool-gear-revolutionized-beach-wear-in-jamaica/