Reggae Songbird Sevana Charged With Death By Dangerous Driving

Reggae songbird Sevana has been charged for causing death by dangerous driving and appeared in the Westmoreland Parish Court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing.

According to a police report, on May 25, along the Scott Cove main road in Whitehouse in the parish, Sevana, whose real name is Anna Blake, was driving a Honda City motor car towards Kingston when she collided with a Honda Fit going in the opposite direction.

The Jamaica Star reported that Blake was “heading easterly and was driving closely behind a truck”.

“The truck driver subsequently applied brake causing the driver of the City to swerve to the left, lost control of the vehicle, ran off the road to the left embankment and then returned on to the road and collided head-on into the path of the oncoming vehicle to the right of the road.”

According to the police, the passenger in the Honda Fit, Ordia Cordiel, sustained severe injuries and was admitted to the Black River Hospital. Cordiel died on May 30, after which Sevana was charged on June 1.

The singer’s attorney, Yushaine Morgan, commenting on Sevana’s court hearing on Tuesday told the STAR that “All of this is preliminary, but she had to be present or else a warrant would have been sent out for her arrest.”

Sevana, however, has not been restricted from conducting her business as an entertainer and performing artist.

“She is under no restrictions, except the curfew and lockdowns which we are all experiencing. So yes, she is free to accept dates for concerts and yes, she has her passport,” Morgan explained.

Hailing from Westmoreland, Sevana got her name after the parish’s capital, Savanna-la-Mar.  The singer is part of Protoje’s management and label, In.Digg.Nation Collective, and is best known for her single, Nobody Man.

Her EP, Be Somebody, was released in July 2020.