Update: St Philip women die in crash

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING a serious accident which occurred about 2:50 a.m. today on Two Mile Hill, St Michael in which four St Philip women died.

The deceased are 22-year-old Shakira Shepherd, 23-year-old Shameka Shepherd, 25-year-old Waveney Johnson and 18-year-old Kayrie Brathwaite.

Shakira, Shameka and Johnson died at the scene while Brathwaite was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital along with 23-year-old Nakisha Shepherd.

Brathwaite died at the hospital while Nakisha (pictured below) is in critical condition.

Members of the Barbados Fire Service assisted in the recovery of a body from the badly damaged car. (PR/NB)

Below, the car in which the five St Philip women were travelling. (Picture by Sandy Pitt.)