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Tonight, a cop is in the hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a road traffic accident and the police department is getting ready to charge P.U.P. Belmopan Standard Bearer Oscar Mira on Wednesday for failure to provide a specimen in connection with the accident. It happened near mile forty-five on the George Price Highway when […]
Written on June 30, 2020 | Posted in
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A motorcycle enthusiast is dead following a road traffic accident just before midday today on La Loma Luz Boulevard in Santa Elena Town. Kemel Espat was on his motorcycle when he met the deadly crash. Another motorist on the road, Rubina Forte, spoke with our colleague Kent Pandy shortly after the deadly collision. Forte explains […]
Written on June 29, 2020 | Posted in
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On Monday, ten-year-old Steven Torres was laid to rest. He was knocked down and killed in his home village of Libertad in Corozal. He was killed by a butane truck which was being driven by San Joaquin resident, Yuri Lucas. Lucas has been served with a notice of intended prosecution and was released after police received […]
Written on June 24, 2020 | Posted in
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Police says that the file for the fatal accident in Libertad Village that happened last Wednesday is with the D.P.P. for further directives. According to ACP Joseph Myvett, the police are also still actively gathering information and the necessary documents to complete the file. Ten-year-old Steven Torres was riding his bike last Wednesday when he […]
Written on June 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A ten-year-old boy lost his life this afternoon after he was knocked down by a butane truck. Steven Torres was riding his red beach cruiser bicycle in Libertad Village, Corozal when the gas truck ran over him. At the time of the incident, the truck was being driven by San Joaquin Village resident, Yuri Lucas. […]
Written on June 17, 2020 | Posted in
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Six people were involved in a road traffic accident today on the Philip Goldson Highway. Fortunately, no one was critically injured but they were all taken to the hospital for medical attention. A vehicle suffered a tire blowout on the highway and crashed into another oncoming vehicle. Here’s Andrea Polanco with a report. Andrea […]
Written on June 16, 2020 | Posted in
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Two young men were killed on Sunday night when the vehicle they were travelling in plunged into the Rio Hondo River in the village of San Antonio, in the Orange Walk District. It is not known why they left their village of Guinea Grass to travel to San Antonio and their families remain puzzled about […]
Written on June 1, 2020 | Posted in
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A mentally ill resident from the village of Camalote was knocked down and killed on Thursday night. Roy Vansen was walking about a mile away from his house when he was hit by a police mobile driven by a cop. Vansen, who is a market assistant in Belmopan, perished on the spot. Here is News […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Joseph Myvett also gave an update on the fatal road traffic accident on the Old Northern Highway that claimed the life of sixty-eight-year-old Rudolph Rodriguez over the extended weekend. The family had said that the driver of the vehicle didn’t stop to render assistance after hitting Rodriguez who was on his […]
Written on May 29, 2020 | Posted in
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Rudolph Rodriguez lost his life on Tuesday afternoon, following a hit and run incident on Saturday night along the Old Northern Highway. The sixty-eight-year-old was struck by a Chevy Trailblazer and left for dead. Despite being transported to the K.H.M.H., Rodriguez succumbed to his injuries. This morning, News Five spoke with Commissioner of Police Chester […]
Written on May 27, 2020 | Posted in
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Sixty-eight-year-old Rudolph Rodriguez died this afternoon after being the victim of a hit and run incident that occurred on Saturday night. It happened on the Old Northern Highway when Rodriguez was making his way home after a day of hard labour. Those who witnessed the crime quickly took the elderly man to the K.H.M.H. where […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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The family fears that Rodriguez’s death might not be properly investigated by police. Alvarez says that the person who knocked down and killed his uncle is a well-known, highly connected person of the area. Said Alvarez, Nephew of Deceased “When it comes to his name, of the driver or the individual that was actually […]
Written on May 26, 2020 | Posted in
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A twelve-year-old boy is dead following a road traffic accident in Spanish Lookout on Thursday afternoon around three-thirty. The boy, Widel Garcia, was travelling with his father Pedro Garcia on a tractor being driven by Venus Penner. The tractor was reportedly in the vicinity of Green Hills in Spanish Lookout when its trailer loaded with […]
Written on May 22, 2020 | Posted in
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There was another traffic accident in the west and fortunately there were no fatalities. Two persons, however, had to be hospitalized. The Coordinator of NEMO, Lieutenant Colonel Shelton Defour was travelling with B.D.F. soldier, Malcolm Santos, heading to San Ignacio on Thursday afternoon. Defour lost control of the vehicle and overturned. Both men had to […]
Written on May 22, 2020 | Posted in
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A road traffic mishap along the George Price Highway just outside of Mahogany Heights has left a pair of men, both employees of the Ministry of Works, critically injured. Sometime shortly after one o’clock this afternoon, a pickup truck traveling towards Belmopan rounded the curve near miles thirty and thirty-one when the driver lost control […]
Written on May 18, 2020 | Posted in
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There was another accident, but this one at sea. Two persons were injured during a boat accident on Sunday evening in San Pedro. After six o’clock on Sunday, police were called out to the San Pedro International Marine Terminal, on the lagoon side, where a twenty-five feet Mexican Lanchon boat had crashed into the wooden […]
Written on May 18, 2020 | Posted in
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A Belize Defense Force soldier lost his life in a traffic accident on Friday evening in the Corozal District. Eight other persons, who were traveling in the Isuzu pickup truck along with him, suffered varying degrees of injury when the vehicle overturned shortly after rounding a curve near Consejo Village. Despite being rushed to the […]
Written on May 4, 2020 | Posted in
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On Thursday night in San Ignacio, a motorist fled the scene of a collision after reportedly being pursued by police officers on motorcycle. The pickup truck, as seen here, ran off the shoulder of the road and tore into several palm trees before coming to rest. The front bumper was extensively damaged, but there was […]
Written on April 17, 2020 | Posted in
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A police officer has been charged for the tragic death of Dangriga resident Giovanni Villafranco. Corporal Elton Alexander Elijio is charged with manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, negligent grievous harm, and failure to provide specimen. He was arraigned in a Dangriga Magistrate court where he pleaded not guilty. He was granted bail of ten […]
Written on April 7, 2020 | Posted in
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Another police officer is under scrutiny – this time for a traffic accident on Sunday in Dangriga which resulted in the death of Giovanni Villafranco. It happened at around five-forty p.m. on George Price Drive where investigators saw a motorcycle and two persons on the roadside. The persons were identified as Villafranco and Jaheed Johnson. […]
Written on April 6, 2020 | Posted in
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Last Friday made one week since Shon Dee Emmanuel was knocked down and killed on the Melinda Road in Stann Creek. The Hope Creek resident was riding his bike, heading to work when he was hit by a freightliner. Police have said that the driver, Darren Castillo was served with an N.I.P. Today, we asked […]
Written on March 30, 2020 | Posted in
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Police say they still haven’t been able to determine who was driving the mini-SUV that was involved in the fatal crash on Tuesday morning. Forty-three-year-old Dorian Anthony was killed when a vehicle he was travelling in experienced a rear tire blowout and crashed into a parked trailer container at mile thirteen on the George Price […]
Written on March 26, 2020 | Posted in
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One man was killed and two others injured in a road traffic accident on the George Price Highway. This morning, Dorian Anthony was on his way to visit his incarcerated son, but he never arrived at his destination. The collision took his life and left his two friends, Gary Trapp and Dan Myers, injured. There […]
Written on March 24, 2020 | Posted in
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A traffic accident claimed one life in southern Belize. A Hope Creek resident perished on the Melinda Road when he was heading to work. Shon Dee Emmanuel was riding his bicycle when he was hit by a truck. The driver of the vehicle has been served with a notice of intended prosecution. News Five’s Andrea […]
Written on March 23, 2020 | Posted in
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An elderly man also perished as a result of a vehicular accident. Back on March first, sixty-six-year-old Ruperto Garcia was involved in a road traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway, in front of the headquarters of the Football Federation of Belize. Garcia had been hospitalized since the incident in a critical condition, but over the […]
Written on March 23, 2020 | Posted in
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