A second form male student of the Titchfield High School died earlier this afternoon (May 20), following a motor vehicle accident along the Black Hill main road in  Portland.

The identity of the dead child is being withheld, pending notification of his relatives.

About twenty-three other students of both the Titchfield and Port Antonio High Schools have been hospitalized.

Reports are that about 3: 00 p.m. a Toyota Hiace mini bus was being driven from Port Antonio to Buff Bay, when on reaching a section of the Black Hill main road the driver failed to negotiate a corner.

Member of Parliament for East Portland Ann Marie Vaz said early reports indicate that, the bus went off road and overturned into a precipice.

The injured students were rushed to hospital, where one died and the others admitted.