A nine- year-old boy died as a result of injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle crash in Christiana, Manchester on Monday morning.
The boy, who is the son of a policewoman, was being transported by her to school when the collision happened on the Sedburgh main road in the parish.
The policewoman, who is a constable assigned to the Christiana Police Station, has since been admitted to hospital in critical condition.
Preliminary reports are that about 7am, the woman was driving a Honda Fit motorcar with her son as a passenger along the Sedburgh main road when there was a collision with a Range Rover motor vehicle.
They were both assisted to the Percy Junor Hospital, where the boy was pronounced dead.
The Jamaica Police Federation has since made an urgent request for blood donations for the female police officer.
The federation said the police constable is admitted at the Percy Junior Hospital, and is in urgent need of blood.
“Kindly donate blood at the National Blood Bank or any blood receivable location island-wide, and take the receipt to the Percy Junior Hospital or any blood receivable location island-wide,” the federation urged its members.