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Petition for road safety in Negril please sign

This is a result of the U.S. Tourist that was killed in Negril - Justin Holland - this is hopefully a start to make the roads safer for you and anyone that ever is in Negril.

Here is the link, only takes a minute to sign;

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/negrilroadsafety/

After signatures are collected it will be sent to the ministry of tourism, the Government of Jamaica cabinet office, the negril chamber of commerce, the jamaican board of tourism, jamaican newspapers, travel agents and agencies, air jamaica, the us consulate in Jamaica, the us state department and wherever else anyone wants it sent. PLEASE SIGN it will only take a minute.

Also forward it to friends and post it anywhere that you think you can get signatures.

Please help get justice for Justin and make Negril safer for everyone.

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here is the note from Justins Aunt from another Negril message board;

I am the aunt of Justin Holland. I was made aware of your Board by Jenny. Sometimes you are so involved with what happens in your immediate circle that you are totally unaware of the problems others deal with until you are hit by a tragedy.

I just want to thank everyone for there heart felt thoughts. Justin was a lovely boy and his life was just beginning. He was only 26 years old and from New Jersey not Penn. Justin was not attempting to cross. He was waiting on the shoulder, a driver stopped and put on his hazard lights for Justin to cross. Some idiot couldn't wait because he was drag racing and swung around the stopped car, and struck and killed him instantly. He was He hit him 100 yards from the entrance of the white sands villa we were staying it. It was my sister (his mother's) birthday and we all went down as a family. He had just left Margaretta villa where we had a party on the beach. They were going to go out to the Jungle and Justin wanted to change his shirt. Justin laid dead while the road was still open and his broken body exposed. If it wasn't for someone at another resort, he would not have been covered. An ambulance arrived and did nothing as once they saw he was dead, they moved on to treat the man that killed my nephew. He didn't say a word even when I approached him, did not look at me as if he had no remorse. It took almost 2 hours for the police to come, the coroner another 30-45 mins. Justin laid in a ditch as people stood over and tried to take pictures. I understand that this is something people probably see everyday but this was no normal situation for us. We will not stop until we get some type of justice. The guy that hit him walked away with a bump on the head. Most people think he will get away with it as his parents own a Texaco gas station downtown and a jewelry store. I know laws are different in the states, but we just can't see him getting away with murder. Although we are from the states, we have met and know people who have contacts. Again thanks for your condolences. His parents arrived back in the states last night and because of the laws or lack of, his body will not arrived until Friday.

I just want to say, it does not matter how much you watch the roads if there is not one there to control how people drive. We were suppose to be on vacation. The only comfort we have right now is that we feel the impact was so great that Justin did not suffer and the 20 mins before this tragedy, he was extremely happy and spent his last moments with his family.

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Cool Runnings,
Marko

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