By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

A child is dead and two men were injured after a fiery crash on the Warren Levarity Highway on Monday.

This latest incident brings the traffic fatality in Grand Bahama over the last two days count to three, following a double fatality on Sunday that claimed the lives of two young men.

According to Superintendent Stephen Rolle, the collision occurred around 11.30am near Bahama Rock, involving a tractor head and a black Chevy Impala.

The tractor head burst into flames on impact; however, the driver managed to escape.

Mr Rolle said the juvenile was a passenger in the black vehicle, along with an adult male. Both were injured, and the car sustained extensive damage.

Images of the crash went viral on social media, showing black smoke and flames engulfing one of the vehicles while the second sustained severe front-end damage.

EMS personnel transported the male child and two adult males, all with serious injuries, to the hospital, where the child later died.

Supt Rolle said investigations are continuing into the accident.

Early Sunday morning, two men were killed in a traffic accident at East Atlantic Drive and Tamarind Street. Two women were also injured and taken to hospital. Both vehicles were extensively damaged.