REGGAE BOYZ IN MOURNING
The accident happened at around 9.30 on Sunday night after the Jamaicans had drawn 0-0 with Bulgaria, when Whitmore's car - travelling back to Montego Bay - blew its rear right tyre, hit an embankment and overturned.
Malcolm, nicknamed "Shorty", died at the scene, with Whitmore and friend Charles Ewan being taken to hospital.
Although the seriousness of the Hull City star's injuries have yet to be confirmed, it is believed that Whitmore hurt his chest, he is stable in hospital.
Malcolm, who would have been 31 next Monday, had come on as a substitute for Darryl Powell in the game, and it is reported that he was still wearing his Jamaica shirt in the crash. Whitmore had missed the clash through injury.
A number of the English-based players in the Jamaica side, including Bradford's Jamie Lawrence, Derby's Deon Burton and Powell and Charlton-bound Riccardo Fuller, were reluctant to return to Britain on Monday morning, as the nation stood shell-shocked by the events.
Sports minister Portia Simpson Miller, who was at the game and met with the players before the clash, said: "I am really in shock and deeply saddened by the news of Shorty's death and the injury to Whitmore and the other gentleman.
"I got my embrace from Shorty and never imagined that it would be last, or that I would never speak to him again.
"The Reggae Boyz are not just players to me, they are like sons."
This tragic accident was the second time which Whitmore and Malcolm had been involved in a car crash in Jamaica.
In 1998, on a journey to Kingston with then captain Warren Barrett and defender Durrent Brown, a collision with another vehicle left Brown in hospital, although the other three sustained only minor injuries.
