{"id":2209,"date":"2019-02-27T18:14:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2019-02-27T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T18:14:10","slug":"beloved-graphic-artist-dies-in-motorcycle-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westernmirror.com\/?p=2209","title":{"rendered":"Beloved graphic artist dies in motorcycle accident"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The St. James Police are now investigating the circumstances\nthat led to the death of former Vistaprint employee, Andrew Bailey, who died\nalong the Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay, St. James, after being hit\nfrom his motorcycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to information received, Bailey was traveling\nalong the roadway around 7 p.m., when tragedy struck. Reports suggest that the\nformer UWI Mona \u2013 Western Jamaica Campus student was a casualty in a collision\nwhich initially involved a Toyota Ipsum and a Yaris. Witnesses say Bailey was\nhoisted from his motorbike from the impact of the Yaris, and was as a result\nthrown onto some rocks on the median. Head injuries he sustained reportedly\nkilled him on the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver of the Ipsum is said to have been charged\nfollowing the tragic accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REACTIONS FROM WORK\nCOLLEAGUES, FORMER CLASSMATES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe team is shaken up man. He was such a fun-loving guy,\nand was always looking to make people laugh,\u201d shared a member of the team he\nworked on at Vistaprint. \u201cHe is going to be so badly missed, and things won\u2019t\nbe the same without him.\u201d Another of Bailey\u2019s Vistaprint family shared, \u201cI\ndon\u2019t think I can handle this\u2026 I don\u2019t know. I was waiting for the news that at\nworst, he was injured\u2026 I still am. It\u2019s hard to accept that such a kind person,\nfull of life, had to die so young. He was loved, no doubt about it, and once\nthe reality sets in, he will be sorely missed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A former classmate, with whom Bailey studied Digital Media\nProductions at the UWI Mona, WJC, expressed that the news of Bailey\u2019s passing\ncame at such a shock. \u201cI honestly can\u2019t believe it. For three years we did\nclasses and interacted together, and Andrew was never one to bring any bad\nvibes. He always paid attention to his work, but never once missed out on an\nopportunity to add humour to whatever he was doing. I really can\u2019t believe. I\nreally can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bailey was originally from Kingston, but made Montego Bay\nhis home after completing his studies at the University of the West Indies,\nMona, Western Jamaica Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. James Police are now investigating the circumstances that led to the death of former Vistaprint employee, Andrew Bailey, who died along the Howard Cooke Boulevard in Montego Bay, St. James, after being hit from his motorcycle. According to information received, Bailey was traveling along the roadway around 7 p.m., when tragedy struck. 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