Truck driver charged in fatal accident

Thirty-three year old Alberto Chan has been charged in connection with the traffic accident on Tuesday that left Ralph Fonseca Junior and Ralph Balderamos dead. Chan, of Orange Walk Town, was charged with two counts each of Manslaughter by Negligence, Causing Death by Careless Conduct, Negligent Grievous Harm, and one count of Driving without Due Care and Attention, Driving an Unlicensed Trailer and Driving an Unregistered Trailer. Chan was towing a trailer carrying construction steel on the Northern Highway near Tower Hill when it broke loose from his pickup and slammed head on into the Prado driven by Balderamos with Fonseca in the front passenger seat. Funeral services for Ralph Fonseca Jr. will be held Friday afternoon at two at the Divine Mercy Church on the Northern Highway. Ralph Balderamos will be buried near his home in Florida.