FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 07, 2025
VOLUME 119, No.06
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ROAD FATALITY #1: WISH COMES TRUE? Stories by KENVILLE HORNE
To say that the remains of the vehicle resembled that a crumpled sheet of paper, is an under-statement .
AN OWIA MAN DIED in a vehicular accident, hours after expressing, albeit jokingly, that he wanted to be involved in an accident. Following his death in a vehicular accident, a post he made on social media hours before his death began to trend. That post read: “I want to get drunk, have an accident on my way home, and end up in a coma for 3 months. When I wake up, I won’t know anyone”. That man was Normanie Duncan, a 19-year-old resident of Owia, who the police confirmed as the first road fatality for the year, and the second within the last two months or so. According to a police report, Duncan died at the scene when the car in which he was a passenger, ran off the public road in Mangrove in Gorse-Byrea on Sunday, February 02, 2025, at around 7:17 in the evening. The vehicle was on its way to Owia. The car, a Toyota Vitz, carrying registration number RL868 and owned by Elite Rental Services of Richland Park, was described as a total wreck. The police report said, as per their investigations, that the driver of the car was Elrica Patterson, a 29-year-old Auxiliary Police Officer of Owia, and there were two other passengers — Continued on Page 3.
ACCIDENT FATALITY ALLEGEDLY ROBBED
Normanie Duncan, deceased at 19 years old, was said to be a bus conductor.
AN OWIA MAn who died after the red Toyota Vitz he was travelling in went over an embankment in the Gorse/Byrea area during the early evening hours of Friday 2nd February, was allegedly robbed of his personal items, according to family members. (See story on this page for details of the accident) Normanie Duncan, 19 years old, the only fatality to date of the accident as referenced, was a resident of Owia and was said to
be unemployed at the time of his death. In addition to having to deal with the tragedy of losing a loved one, especially in those circumstances, Normanie’s family members said that they are on the search for the persons/persons who robbed the dead man of his personal items. According to a family
member, Duncan’s mother said the only item she recovered was his wallet which was empty.
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