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A Ranchito Resident Dies in Hit & Run in San Joaquin Village

In San Joaquin Village in Corozal District less than three hours later, a fifty-three-year-old resident of Ranchito was knocked down and killed by a motorist who failed to stop and render aid.  Esteban Arana is the latest victim of a hit and run incident in the north.  Earlier today, Dalila Ical travelled to Ranchito where […]

A Female Tourist Dies in Another RTA near Carmelita

Another tourist has died in another road traffic accident that happened around three thirty this afternoon in the outskirts of Carmelita Village in Orange Walk District. We understand that the woman was on a tour with her family members, two adults and two children, and were heading back to Belize City. Their tour operator was […]

Six Persons Perish in Massive Road Traffic Accident on GP Highway

A celebration of a son being recruited into the Belize Coast Guard has ended in tragedy for one Belmopan family and several others are mourning the loss of their loved ones, following a massive road traffic accident this afternoon along the George Price Highway which claimed multiple lives.  The collision of a sports utility vehicle […]

Man Dies a Week after RTA in the West

A man was knocked off his motorcycle on November sixteenth and a week later he succumbs to his injuries. Police say that Adan Diaz was hospitalized ever since the road crash that happened on the Iguana Creek Road in the west. The driver of the vehicle that hit him, Pedro Bahadur, is expected to face […]

An Elderly Stevedore is Killed in Traffic Mishap Near Port

Road traffic accidents are a major cause of deaths on the roads and highways across the country so much so that the Police Department is now enforcing a number of initiatives to reduce the dreadful statistics. In tonight’s newscast, we report on two deadly accidents. In Belize City, a waterfront worker perished in a horrible […]

American National charged for fatal RTA in Hopkins

The second accident was in the south, a Hopkins resident was knocked down and killed by a drunk driver on Friday night. Forty-year-old Steven Olivas was riding his bike in the village when an American national in a vehicle hit him from behind. The driver of the vehicle, Mark Cairns, was slapped with several charges, […]

Driver in Fatal Accident to be Served with N.I.P.

Police say that the driver involved in the fatal accident that claimed the life of retired B.D.F soldier Myron Martinez is expected to be served with a notice of intended prosecution. As we reported on Wednesday night, Martinez passed away at the K.H.M.H. in the afternoon. Martinez was on the Philip Goldson Highway when he […]

Retired B.D.F. Soldier Myron Martinez Succumbs After Weekend Collision

Retired Belize Defense Force soldier Myron Martinez passed away at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital this afternoon, following a road traffic accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway in the early hours of November ninth.  Martinez, who was employed with the Belize Ports Authority, was returning home to Lord’s Bank Village on Saturday morning when he […]

One Man Injured in Accident on ‘S Curve’

Ernesto Lewis, better known as ‘Caddy’, was involved in a serious RTA on Tuesday night. His Nissan Altima car was totaled as an eighteen-wheeler crushed it at the Dead Man’s Curve in Teakettle Village, Cayo. The quick response from people in the area got Lewis out of his car by the time the ambulance arrived. […]

Myron Martinez Comatosed After Crashing Into House on a Trailer

A Ladyville resident is clinging to life at the K.H.M.H.  Myron Martinez was involved in an accident as he headed home on Saturday morning. He collided into a trailer transporting a house on the Philip Goldson Highway. His wife, Myron did not hear about the accident until much later and questions why is it that […]

Non-Fatal Traffic Accident in St. Matthews Village

There was a road traffic accident in Saint Matthews Village on Sunday night. Police were called out to miles thirty-eight and thirty-nine on the George Price Highway where they observed two damaged vehicles off the highway but fortunately no one was seriously injured. ACP Joseph Myvett tells us more about what the police saw on […]

30K Car Set on Fire in Belmopan!

In the nation’s capital, a thirty-thousand dollar vehicle was destroyed by fire over the weekend. A Belmopan barber reported that his car was set on fire while parked in front of his yard on Ben Bluff Street. Police were called out to the scene on Saturday sometime after four in the morning. ACP Joseph Myvett […]

San Jose Village Resident Killed in Hit & Run; Witness Chases Down Suspect, but Driver Escapes

There was a hit and run on Sunday night in San Jose Village, Orange Walk. It left a forty-year-old constructor worker dead on the George Price Highway. Jose Antonio Sanker had just concluded a birthday celebration with his family and was riding his bicycle when he was knocked down. The driver of the vehicle did […]

Police Asking for Public’s Help to Solve Fatal Accident

Police say that they need the public’s help to solve this fatal traffic accident that claimed the life of forty-year-old Sanker. Today police shared the official details about the accident that killed Sanker.  ACP Joseph Myvett tells us more. ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, National Crimes Investigation Branch “A Hispanic male person was seen with injuries […]

Police Give Details on Fatal Traffic Accident Involving Nelson Ayuso

Well-known entertainer and television personality Nelson Ayuso lost his life in a fatal road traffic accident on Tuesday night when he was traveling towards San Ignacio Town with close friend Imer Hernandez.  The pair was passing through Ontario Village when Hernandez lost control of the pickup truck and ran off the road.  Ayuso suffered massive […]

Fatal Accident Claims 1 Life; Building Contractor Survives

Police were called out to the scene of an accident on the George Price Highway where a man was killed and another escaped the deadly wreck. Two well-known men, contractor Imer Hernandez was behind the wheel and Nelson Ayuso was in the passenger seat of a truck, when Hernandez lost control of his pick-up truck […]

Yam Brothers Injured in Non-Fatal Accident in Orange Walk

A pair of brothers is tonight lucky to be alive after they were flung from a motorcycle over the weekend. Jose and Artemio Yam were travelling from August Pine Ridge when Artemio lost control of the motorbike. Both were injured; the younger of the two, Jose, lost one of his legs in the crash. ACP […]

Fatal Accident Claims Life of Well-Known Hattieville Handyman

Balbino Fermin, better known as “Balo” of Hattieville, was knocked down and killed over the weekend. “Balo” was riding his bike when a truck hit him from behind; he died on the spot.  The family reports that residents in the area heard a loud bang when the truck hit Fermin. This evening, the driver of […]

An Elderly Cyclist Knocked Down and Killed in Pomona

Two persons also perished in the south in traffic accidents. An elderly man lost his life on Friday night in the Stann Creek District when he was knocked down off his bicycle near Pomona Village.  Eighty-year-old Samuel King was struck by a vehicle driven by John Castillo who reportedly attempted to swerve out of King’s […]

Fidel Padilla is Killed in Hit & Run

While investigators were processing the scene of the previous accident, a report of a hit and run incident was also made to Dangriga police where they observed the lifeless body of a Honduran national.  The victim, identified as sixty-two-year-old Fidel Padilla, was also knocked down while riding a bicycle in the vicinity of miles three […]

Police Vehicle Plunges Into Canal on George Price Highway

A group of police officers and soldiers this morning escaped injury after the police vehicle they were travelling in plunged into a ditch filled with water this morning. It happened at around eleven o’clock near Hattieville Village in the Belize District. No official report on the matter has been provided but we understand that the […]

Billy Lerma Perishes in Fatal Accident in Santa Elena

Three persons lost their lives in two traffic accidents over the weekend. The first fatality occurred just after midnight on Friday as Billy Lerma rode a Senke motorcycle on the George Price Highway, in Santa Elena. When he reached the junction with Carillo Puerto Avenue, he was struck by a pickup truck crossing the highway […]

A Pair of Cousins Perishes in Bus and Motorcycle Collision in the South

Also on Saturday, a collision between a James passenger bus and a motorcycle claimed the lives of a pair of cousins. Just before six p.m., at the intersection of the Southern Highway and the Savannah Road a James Bus collided with a Skygo motorcycle being ridden by Fidel and Edgar Cho. According to information gathered […]

2 Camalote Residents Injured in Roaring Creek Accident

A resident from Camalote is in critical, but stable condition tonight at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was severely injured during an accident on the George Price Highway. William Franco and Jose Gonzalez were on a motorcycle travelling to Roaring Creek when they collided head on into a pickup truck. Gonzalez was also […]

Police on Road Safety for Motorists

There has been persistent loss of life due traffic accidents since the start of the year, but fortunately a crash on the Hummingbird Highway in Belmopan left five persons nursing minor injuries on Saturday night. In a separate incident in the north, a man crashed on motorcycle and plunged into a creek in the north. […]