A woman was on Saturday night struck by a member of the Traffic Department in the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF).
The incident reportedly happened along the main road in Flamingo Beach, Trelawny.
Preliminary reports suggest that sometime after 7:00pm the woman was crossing the road with her child when she was hit by the motorcycle.
She was then taken to the Falmouth Public General Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The police officer was seriously injured.
Eyewitnesses consoled the grieving child and contacted the child’s guardians.