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Russian charged for Palisadoes quartet road deaths

Published:Wednesday | December 14, 2022 | 1:31 PM
The wrecked Toyota Probox vehicle being placed on a wrecker after it collided with a Toyota Prado along the Palisadoes Road in St Andrew on Sunday. Four people, who were travelling in the motorcar, died.
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The wrecked Toyota Probox vehicle being placed on a wrecker after it collided with a Toyota Prado along the Palisadoes Road in St Andrew on Sunday. Four people, who were travelling in the motorcar, died.

Alexey Zaystev, the Russian involved in Sunday's fatal road crash along the Palisadoes Main Road in Kingston, has been charged with four counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

Superintendent Tomilee Chambers, head of the Kingston Eastern Police Division, confirmed this with The Gleaner Wednesday afternoon.

Zaystev has been offered bail. His first court appearance will be on January 18.

Two men and two women, who were in a taxi, died as a result of injuries they sustained. All four were residents of Seaview Gardens, Kingston.

They are Rose Roberts-Banton, 54 years; Zachery Heslop, 18 years; Delroy Grant, 53 years; and Camille Grant, 53 years.

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