U.S. citizen killed in traffic accident
A road accident in the Cayo District has claimed the life of a U.S. citizen. Melissa Cavanaugh, 30 years of age, was headed east from San Ignacio on the Western Highway just after midnight on Wednesday morning, when near the entrance to Georgeville she lost control of her Chevy pickup. The truck hit a tree stump, causing it to flip and trapped her inside. Cavanaugh was taken to the San Ignacio Hospital but was dead on arrival of internal injuries. Cavanaugh was in Belize visiting her parents who reside in Blackman Eddy village.
