The two male students of the Caribbean Maritime Institute who were killed following a motor vehicle crash along the Palisadoes main road in Kingston on Friday, have been identified.

Dead are 18 year-old Luke Dillion and 21 year-old O'Brien Tapper.

It is reported that the students left the school in a Honda Civic motor vehicle which was headed towards the Harbour View roundabout. It is reported that the vehicle collided with a Mitsubishi Pajero headed towards the airport. The incident happened at 1:15 pm.

Fire personnel spent several minutes trying to pry the bodies from the mangled hatch-back Honda Civic motorcar in which the two were travelling.

The incident caused a slowdown of traffic as passers-by tried to get a glimpse.

Several messages of bereavement were left on Tapper's Facebook wall, who was a past student at the St George's College.

"Sigh,1 min we're texting, the next, I'm on my way to see if it's really u on the floor..sighbri.babyyy, uve changed my life in sooo many ways, yes we've had some serious ups and downs, laughters..the workssss,siiiigggghhhtrying to think so hard as to what to say, this just seems so unreal...I've Lost My Boyfriend,My bestfriend, My heartbeat, My other half...@O'brien Tapper, I Love You Always, R.I.P Pookie-lue," said Yanique Terese-Amell.

While, "Rest in Peace Tappa...u really gone too soon," expressed Makeda Taylor.