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Highway menace - Former legislator, daughter and friend survive collision with stray cow on May Pen-Mandeville toll road

By Erica Virtue/Senior Gleaner Writer

Three passengers counting their blessings, a wrecked Mitsubishi Pajero and a dead cow were the grim remnants of a frightening late-night collision last week on the May Pen-to-Mandeville leg of the toll highway. Stray cattle had breached the fencing and wandered onto the dark roadway, where vehicles travel at speeds of up to 110 mph.