Clemente Constancia Killed in Hit & Run in San Ignacio

Clemente Constancia

A San Ignacio resident was killed in a fatal road traffic accident on the Cahal Pech Road on Wednesday night. Clemente Constancia was found dead on the side of the road around five a.m. this morning, with visible signs of him having been hit by a vehicle hours earlier around eleven-forty-five p.m. But the driver of the vehicle did not stop to render any assistance. It is believed that the sixty-five-year-old man was walking to his house located on Martin Galvez Street in the area when he was struck from behind by the vehicle. Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett says that no one has been detained so far for the fatal RTA.

Joseph Myvett

ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch

“Initial investigation reveals that shortly after eleven-forty-five p.m. last night, a loud impact was heard and it is sometimes this morning when a passerby was walking down he observed the body on the road. The deceased was identified as Clemente Constancia, sixty-five years of Martin Galvez Street in the same Cahal Pech area. Upon examination of the scene, the body seem to have had tire impressions as well as the skid marks were found in the area.”

Duane Moody

“So hit and run?”

ACP Joseph Myvett

“Yes, this is an ongoing investigation at this point in time. So far no one has been detained yet.”