Two lives were lost yesterday following a vehicular crash on the May Pen leg of High Way 2000.

Dead are Nicko Richards and Richie Richardson both 24 years old of Hope Village, Willamsfield in Manchester.

Reports from the May Pen Traffic Department are that about 1:30 p.m. yesterday, Richards was driving a Honda motor car with Richardson as a passenger, on the highway towards Kingston.

On reaching a section of the roadway the car allegedly crashed into a ditch.

The Police were summoned and the two were taken to hospital where they succumbed to their injuries while being treated.

WATCH: JAMAICA NOW

Follow us on Twitter:
@JamaicaGleaner

Follow us on Instagram:
jamaicagleaner

Watch our videos on YouTube:
Jamaica Gleaner

Email us: onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com