Traffic accident leaves 1 dead, 1 injured

One man is dead tonight after he succumbed to injuries he received in a traffic accident on the western Highway. Forty-three year old Daniel Douglas died at the K.H.M.H. after he sustained a deep cut wound to his nose. According to reports, shortly before six on Sunday morning, Douglas, along with twenty-three year old, Brenda Nicole Requeña, were en-route to Belmopan when between miles thirty-nine and forty, they crashed into the rear end of a white freight liner truck. Investigations revealed that the truck was driven by forty-one year old Transito Lopez of Bella Vista Village in Stann Creek. Lopez told police that his truck was parked on the left-hand side of the highway and he was unaware that a car had collided into the truck until he experienced rear wheel problems miles later. Police say that upon reaching the scene, they found Requeña sitting in the driver’s seat of a Toyota Camry with a large cut wound to her forehead. Douglas was apparently thrown out of the vehicle and landed three feet away. Both Requeña and Douglas were transported to the K.H.M.H and five hours later Douglas died during treatment. Requeña is in critical condition.