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Mar 30, 2010

Cayo accident claims the life of a mother and wife

accident1-150x150accidnt2-150x150Meanwhile, a woman lost her life on the highway also over the weekend. Forty-six year old Leticia Marva Garcia, a resident of Unitedville in the Cayo District, was in a vehicle that overturned in a traffic accident on the Western Highway.  Reports are that around seven-thirty on Friday night a family of three including Garcia, her common-law husband Victor Moreno and their twelve year old son were traveling in a Ford Escort in the direction of the village.  Upon reaching near mile sixty-five Moreno saw a Freightliner towhead driven by Hector Pech heading in the opposite direction.  A grey Isuzu pickup driven at the time by twenty-three year old Rafael Caranza attempted to overtake the towhead.  As a result both vehicles collided into each other causing the Escort to spin uncontrollably, hitting the towhead before overturning on its right side.  Leticia Garcia sustained severe body injuries and died on the spot.  Garcia’s common-law husband injured his right foot during the accident while Caranza suffered chest pains and an abrasion to the forehead.  Garcia’s body now awaits a postmortem examination.


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1 Response for “Cayo accident claims the life of a mother and wife”

  1. jesse says:

    After 15 years of been absent from belize i did return from the USA to visit belize,driving one car and pulling another.i notice that belizeans are good on puting their signals when turning,etc,but while driving on very dangerous curves,seems that they ignore laws of gravity,i was dam scared on those curves,pic-ups,trucks were speeding like rockets,could it be that they have never have a car?lack of experience driving?my friend advice me,once it rains,slow down,or u will be another statistic.i took his advice and here i am back in the USA.

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