A collision along the McCooks Pen main road in St Catherine yesterday afternoon resulted in the hospitalisation of three policemen from the Mobile Reserve Unit and the death of another.

Reports are that about 2 p.m., a Toyota Hilux police service vehicle, registered 303721, was travelling along the busy stretch of road when it collided with a Toyota Hiace truck.

The impact caused the service vehicle to overturn and all four occupants suffered injuries. Constable R. Thompson of the Mobile Reserve Unit later succumbed to his injuries.

Several members of the police hierarchy visited the Spanish Town Hospital to give moral support to the injured colleagues.