One dead in O.W. traffic accident

A traffic accident Friday afternoon in the Orange Walk District has left a man dead. Forty-year-old Heinrich Guenther Jr. of Indian Creek was riding in the pan of a Chevy pickup travelling on the Guinea Grass Road when it collided into a Nissan car coming from the opposite direction. The pickup rolled over several times and Guenther was thrown out, suffering severe head and body injuries. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Northern Regional Hospital. Three other passengers riding inside the truck received only minor injuries. Police have since arrested the driver of the pickup, thirty-five year old Erwin Hernandez of San Carlos Village, and charged him with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, and driving without due care and attention.