Samantha Dog Rice Herle

Famous dancehall dancer Samantha 'Domestic dog Rice' Herle died in a car crash terminal week.

Samantha Herle, more popularly known inside dancehall circles as Dog Rice, died in automobile accident on the Dolphin Cove master route in St Ann on Sat (November fourth). Details of the crash are still sketchy, but sources say she was the passenger in a motorcar that was being driven by a male who lost control on the highway. The vehicle careened off the road and slammed into an embankment.

Herle was ejected from the car and died while undergoing treatment at a local hospital. The driver walked away from the crash with simply minor scratches. Dancehall deejay, Ganggoolie, who knew Dog Rice well, weighed in on her tragic expiry.

"This very distressing, I got the bad news that she passed off," Ganggoolie said. "Condolences go out to family unit and friends. If a selector go dance and no talk well-nigh Domestic dog Rice, dem nah gwaan wid nothing. From St Ann, Trelawny back dah side deh, ah she govern dah side deh. She was going to buss big, she lock down social media."

Dog Rice is the 2d dancehall personality to have lost their lives to a car crash in contempo weeks. Dancehall artist Massop Di General died in a machine accident in Florida earlier this month.