Robert McNealy, a resident of Placencia, was knocked down and killed on Friday night as he was riding his bicycle along the highway. The body of the elderly American national was discovered a distance away from the bicycle and not far away was the driver of the pickup truck that fatally struck him. According to […]
A young B.D.F. volunteer perished hours after he was hit on the George Price Highway by a vehicle whose driver did not stop to render assistance. Twenty-year-old Charles Bell Junior was a resident of Blackman Eddy; at about seven-thirty on Monday night, he was travelling on motorcycle heading to Esperanza village, when he was hit […]
Heading north, sixty-nine-year-old Primitivo Itza lost both of his legs on Friday evening when a commuter bus ran him over in Orange Walk Town. The elderly resident of Palmar was in the vicinity of the park near Queen Victoria Avenue when he was knocked down by bus driver Jovel Requeña. Due to the extent of […]
An elderly resident of San Antonio Village lost his life earlier this week after being struck by a vehicle while he was attempting to board a commuter bus. Eighty-year-old Pablo Ack was knocked down and killed as he made his way across the road toward the waiting bus. Police have since detained the driver of […]
Twenty-seven-year-old Belizean citizen Graciano Choc, who is in the British Army, is the victim of a hit and run which occurred on Sunday night in the UK. His mother, Sharmane Gracia, says that Choc was returning to base when he was run over while on Christmas Hill, Winchester. The vehicle failed to stop at the […]
Also in a critical condition at the K.H.M.H. is Jeremy McLaughlin. McLaughlin was riding a motorcycle on the Philip Goldson Highway when he collided with a vehicle near the intersection with the airport road. The impact sent the motorist to the pavement and he sustained severe head and bodily injuries. It occurred on Tuesday afternoon […]
Eight-year-old Gabriella “Gaby” Corales will be laid to rest on Friday. The standard-two student of Our Lady of Guadalupe RC School in Belmopan was knocked down and killed on Tuesday afternoon, as she rode her bicycle over a pedestrian ramp a few yards away from school. The little girl was on her way home when […]
A fifteen-year-old Guatemalan boy has been charged for the death of eight-year-old Gabriella Corales. The young man was arraigned on a slew of charges, including manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct and driving without a valid driver’s license. He was behind the wheel of an SUV that knocked down and killed Corales who […]
A young girl was knocked down and killed this afternoon in Belmopan. The incident occurred near Our Lady of Guadalupe RC Primary School. Witnesses say that the female student was crossing the pedestrian ramp when an SUV hit her. She was rushed to the hospital where she died moments later. Behind the wheel, we are […]
A father of two was fatally injured in a road traffic accident on Father’s Day in the north. Police say Yancy Ek was riding his bike in San Narciso Village when he was knocked down and killed. The driver of the vehicle is a relative of the well-known football player in the village. Andrea Polanco […]
Thirty-three-year-old Casiano Mendoza of August Pine Ridge died as a result of a road traffic accident. He was behind the wheel of a white car which was observed in a ditch along the road leading to August Pine Ridge from Trinidad Village. The incident happened on Friday night and police say that Mendoza collided into […]
Twenty-five-year-old Michael Young lost his life this morning in an accident on the Phillip Goldson Highway near mile four. Shortly after four o’clock, police were called to the scene of a collision. When they arrived at the location they observed a red Saturn Vue on the highway with major damage to the front end of […]
Three persons received varying degrees of injuries this morning when the taxi they were in overturned on mile three along the Stann Creek Valley Road. It happened shortly after eleven o’clock when the driver of the taxi, thirty-five-year-old Vinson Hill of Ladyville was transporting two passengers, thirty-three-year-old Deshawn White of Dangriga and thirty-eight-year-old Nicole Gary. […]
The Chan family in San Narciso Village is tonight making final preparations to put to rest two of its most senior members. Married for more than fifty years, on Wednesday afternoon Audomaro and Ramona Chan were killed after a Freightliner truck crashed into them as they were crossing the Philip Goldson Highway in their white […]
An elderly couple perished in a deadly collision earlier today in the Corozal District. Sometime around 1:30 pm, a white Ford Ranger pickup crashed into Freightliner truck in the vicinity of San Narciso Village. According to police, thirty-five-year-old Erik Ermoff was driving along the Phillip Goldson Highway towards Orange Walk. Between miles seventy-two and seventy-three, […]
A road traffic accident last night claimed the life of immigration officer Jessica Heusner. It happened at around ten-thirty between miles eleven and twelve on the George Price Highway. Heusner had left Belize City and was headed home to Belmopan in her SUV. Fire officials say that she was attempting to overtake a vehicle when […]
The official police report, has Jessica Heusner labeled as ‘Jane Doe’ until DNA testing can confirm that it was her in the SUV that crashed and burned. A post mortem examination is expected to reveal if Heusner died as a result of the impact, from smoke inhalation or the flames. Station Supervisor at the National […]
Twenty-four-year-old Henry Augustine lost his life on the Southern Highway earlier this week when a vehicle knocked him down near the Georgetown junction. According to thirty-one-year-old Lascelle Coote, himself and Augustine were parked on the left hand side of the highway on Monday night and were conversing when a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction […]
A minor was knocked down and killed overnight on the Hummingbird Highway and his body discovered at dawn today. Fifteen-year-old Marvin Morales left his aunt’s house in Pomona on bicycle en route to his home in Hope Creek, but never made it to his destination. He was struck by a vehicle whose driver never stopped […]
Twenty persons, including eight students, as well as parents and teachers were injured and had to be rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital this morning after the passenger bus they were travelling in overturned in a ditch along the Boom/Hattieville Road. The educational trip gone wrong has left many more in shock and triggered […]
A total of four persons perished in traffic fatalities over the weekend. In the first incident, three friends tragically lost their lives in the Orange Walk District when they drove off a bridge along the San Antonio Road and plunged into the Rio Hondo. The men had left Belize City on Saturday evening without informing […]
The fourth fatality occurred in Blue Creek Village, Orange Walk. On Sunday morning, just before six o’clock, Henrich Reimer lost control of his vehicle and overturned several times on the road. The Toyota pickup came to a stop with its four wheels in the air inside a canal on the side of the road. The […]
There were three fatal accidents over the extend weekend. In Belize City, George Baptist was well-known to commuters who use the Novelo Bus terminal. But on Sunday afternoon, the handyman met an untimely death. In between tending to clients, Baptist went to a nearby restaurant where something went wrong inside. A witness says Baptist was […]
There was further loss of life. A resident of Valley of Peace perished in a hit and run accident on Saturday night. Andruse Choc lost his life in the area of La Democracia on the George Price Highway. His family says he was speaking to his wife by phone when he was knocked down by […]
There were also two accidents over the weekend in Benque Viejo in which one person perished and the other remains in a critical condition at the Western Regional Hospital. The police department has embarked on a motorcycle safety campaign, but over the weekend, Benque Viejo resident, Marco Tulio de la Rosa perished when the motorbike […]
