The driver of a Toyota Hiace that was involved in a major motor-vehicle accident in Portmore, St Catherine, yesterday morning, is to be charged.

Information from the St Catherine South police is that the driver will be charged with dangerous driving.

Reports are that about 7 a.m., the Toyota Hiace ran into the rear of an international truck in the Christian Gardens area of Portmore, St Catherine.

THE STAR understands that the driver and eight students who were travelling in the vehicle had to be hospitalised.