Death Reported on Boom-Hattieville Road

This evening, there was loss of life on the Burrell Boom Circuit. The details we have gathered so far are that just before five p.m. today, a Toyota Rav-Four SUV with Belize City license plates was traveling on the Boom Hattieville Road when the driver’s side of the SUV was crashed by an eighteen-wheeler towhead carrying a backhoe.  The driver of the SUV, one George Young, was killed on impact and the entire driver’s side of the vehicle was ripped off by the tow truck. When police arrived on the scene, the driver was dead inside. His body was then transported to the K.H.M.H. morgue. It is not known whether both vehicles were traveling in the same direction, but the towhead did not sustain any damages.