Richland Park man dies in road accident

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Alston Shallow, a 40-year-old farmer of Richland Park, which occurred following a motor vehicle accident along the Greggs public road, about 9 p.m. last Thursday, April 13.

Reports are that Shallow fell off motor vehicle T4129, a truck driven by Ashley Primus of Richland Park, in the area of Greggs, called “Big Yard”.

Shallow was taken to the Levi Latham Health Centre where he succumbed to his injuries at about 5:15 a.m. the next day.

A postmortem examination was expected to have been carried out on the body to ascertain the cause of death.