53 Year-Old-Man Knocked Down Near Orange Walk Toll Booth

The second accident occurred on the Phillip Goldson Highway near the Orange Walk toll booth. Fifty-three year old mechanic Bernabe Roberts was riding his bicycle on the road when he was hit by a vehicle heading towards Orange Walk. Roberts died on the spot from the massive impact. It is believed that Roberts was under the influence of alcohol and swerved onto the road, but Police are not speculating until the investigation is complete.

ASP Selvyn Tillett, Deputy O.C., Orange Walk Police

Selvyn Tillett

“Police received information of a fatal which occurred between mile fifty-one and fifty-two here in Orange Walk, that’s the Phillip Goldson, where a 1992 Dodge Dakota travelling from the direction of Belize City and driven at the time by one Jaime Sarsenio of Carmelita Village. He knocked down a cyclist who was riding in the same direction. Apparently a vehicle was coming the opposite direction and Sarsenuio avoided hitting the vehicle head on and he didn’t see the cyclist until it was too late. He stopped to render aid, but the person was dead on arrival at the hospital.”

The driver of the vehicle has been issued with a notice of intended prosecution.