Woman dies in traffic accident on N. Hwy

A traffic accident on the Northern Highway has left a woman dead. According to police, thirty-nine year old Jason Guerrero, a music conductor of Belize City, was driving his Isuzu truck from Belize City towards Ladyville around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Reports are that Guerrero was between miles seven and eight, near Raul’s Rose Garden, when he knocked down a woman identified only as Nadia Ingram. News 5 understands that Ingram was walking in the middle of the road at the time of the accident. Ingram later succumbed to her injuries. Her body was transported to the morgue at the K.H.M.H. where it awaits a post-mortem. Charges have yet to be filed against Guerrero.

In other police news, authorities have also arrested a man in connection with a robbery that occurred at the Cheers restaurant in late December. Twenty year old Delroy Clarke of La Democracia Village has been charged with robbery. Police say they are still looking for Clarke’s two accomplices.