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Oscar Requeña, the Area Representative for Toledo West, was involved in a traffic mishap on Sunday night that left several villages in Toledo without electricity for a short period. Reports are that sometime around eight p.m., Requeña was driving from San Antonio Village to Mafredi Village when he swerved off the road and crashed into […]
Written on May 2, 2023 | Posted in
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A family is mourning the loss of their loved one who died in a traffic accident early this morning on the Philip Goldson Highway. It happened between miles thirteen and fourteen in the wee hours today, and claimed the life of thirty-two-year-old Leonel Cabanas, a resident of Sand Hill Village. The father of four had […]
Written on April 17, 2023 | Posted in
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A Belize Defense Force soldier lost his life in a hit and run on the Phillip Goldson Highway in Ladyville. Reports are that just before ten p.m. on Thursday, thirty-eight-year-old Hector Cho was lying on the highway motionless when a concerned motorist stopped and exited his vehicle to inform another motorist of a body on […]
Written on April 14, 2023 | Posted in
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An Orange Walk resident lost his life on Thursday afternoon when his Ford Ranger pickup truck collided into a freightliner tractor on the George Price Highway. According to police, at around one p.m., thirty-two-year-old Ronald Hiron was driving a white freightliner truck towards Belmopan City and upon reaching mile twenty-eight; he saw a Ford Ranger […]
Written on April 11, 2023 | Posted in
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Today, police formally arrested and charged B.D.F. Captain fifty-six-year-old William Swan, a resident of Santa Elena Town, for manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, failed to give way to motor vehicle on a major road and drove motor vehicle without due care and attention. The charges stem from a fatal accident over the […]
Written on April 4, 2023 | Posted in
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A six-year-old student of Unity Presbyterian School in the Antelope Street Extension area of Belize City lost his life on Saturday morning when he was knocked down and killed just a stone’s throw away from his house. Initial reports were that Armando Godoy was heading to a shop across the street from where he lived […]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Two other persons lost their lives in separate road traffic accidents out west. On Friday night, Horace Popper was knocked down and killed by a taxi driver around mile fifty-one on the George Price Highway in Ontario Village. Guillermo Garcia has since been served with a notice of intended prosecution. Today, ASP Fitzroy Yearwood shared […]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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He was a football athlete with Georgeville FC, but on Saturday night, Adrian Usher also lost his life in a traffic accident on the George Price Highway in the area of Central Farm. Usher was riding his motorcycle when he collided head-on with a pickup truck, driven by William Swan. The incident occurred around seven-thirty […]
Written on April 3, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are investigating a road traffic accident in Bella Vista Village that has left one man dead. Reports are that sometime around five-thirty a.m. on Thursday; fifty-five-year-old Ramon Arteaga was driving a bus from Bella Vista to San Isidro Village when a male person ran across the road. Arteaga told police that he was unable […]
Written on March 24, 2023 | Posted in
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A fifty-two-year-old Belize City resident is tonight behind bars for the death of a twenty-three-year-old Belize City disc jockey. Fifty-two-year-old Manuel Ramos is being accused of driving under the influence of alcohol beyond the prescribed limit, after his red Chevy Colorado collided into another vehicle on the Phillip Goldson Highway and claimed the life of […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Two little brothers from Blue Creek Village, Orange Walk District were victims of a traffic accident that claimed one of their lives on Saturday. One of the siblings perished at the scene and the other is in serious condition after the motorcycle they were driving in the village crashed into a Toyota 4-Runner S.U.V. Communications […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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Another traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway proved to be fatal on Sunday evening. It involved a pickup truck, but the Police Department’s Communications Director, A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood explained that he is waiting to be briefed by investigators on the details of the accident. However, he did share the name of the deceased with us. […]
Written on March 20, 2023 | Posted in
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We begin tonight with an update on a tragic accident that occurred on Saturday night in Orange Walk that killed multiple members of one family. Two vehicles collided on the Yo Creek/San Antonio Road and four occupants in one of the vehicles perished at the scene. While the family of Aldair Tillett, his common-law-wife, Felicia […]
Written on March 15, 2023 | Posted in
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Traffic accidents remain one of the country’s leading causes of death and over the weekend, tragedy struck when four members of one family from Orange Walk District perished in a head-on collision. The mishap occurred on the Yo Creek/San Antonio Road on Saturday night. What’s worse is that the driver of the other vehicle is […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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The Belize Police Department’s Communications Director, A.S.P Fitzroy Yearwood explained that when investigators arrived at the scene that night, they saw two mangled vehicles and debris strewn everywhere. While the driver of the other pickup truck, Byron Tillett is also hospitalized, he has been served with a Notice of Intended Prosecution, as police continue to […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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There was another traffic accident up north, this time in the Corozal District. It involved a motorcycle and an S.U.V. As Yearwood explained, the motorcycle driver perished in that collision, after he reportedly veered into the other lane and collided head on with an oncoming vehicle. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department […]
Written on March 13, 2023 | Posted in
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Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying the body of a man who died as a result of a road traffic accident along the Hummingbird Highway. The victim was flung off his motorcycle after losing control. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood told us more. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, B.P.D. “The John Doe has not […]
Written on March 7, 2023 | Posted in
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Last week, we reported on a double fatality as a result of a road traffic accident near the Beaver Dam Bridge in the Cayo District. And there have been reports of many other vehicular collisions and incidents involving motorcycles and loss of life that have been reported over the past year. The Ministry of Transport […]
Written on February 28, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Belize Lacks Psychosocial Support Services in Cases of Fatal RTAs
A man and a woman are dead after they were knocked down on Monday night as they were traveling across the Beaver Dam Bridge between miles thirty-eight and thirty-nine on the George Price Highway. The offending vehicle was an ambulance based in southern Belize that had made a trip to Belize City and was returning. […]
Written on February 21, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Two Persons Killed When Ambulance Crashes Into Their Motorcycle
A man lost his life in a traffic accident early this morning on the Philip Goldson Highway. Beside him, police found a mangled motorcycle that the victim was driving. Police believe he may have died on impact. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Police responded to reports of a lifeless body between […]
Written on February 13, 2023 | Posted in
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On Wednesday, we reported on a deadly collision on the Spanish Lookout Road. The impact of the crash killed thirty-seven-year-old Jacob Giesbrecht, who resides in Unitedville, Cayo, instantly. Giesbrecht, a mechanic and computer technician was riding his motorcycle when it crashed head-on into a white pickup truck in the vicinity of the Belize National Energy […]
Written on February 9, 2023 | Posted in
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Just after midday today, there was a collision on the Spanish Lookout Road in western Belize. A man on a motorcycle reportedly collided head on with a white pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction. The accident occurred in the vicinity of the B.N.E. Headquarters and reports are that the deceased, whose name is still […]
Written on February 8, 2023 | Posted in
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There was also a fatal road traffic accident in southern Belize over the weekend. It involved a police constable who collided into a pedestrian while he was crossing the Southern Highway near Bella Vista Village. Here’s more on the tragic incident from ACP Hilberto Romero. ACP Hilberto Romero, O.C., Eastern Division “At 6:40 p.m., […]
Written on January 30, 2023 | Posted in
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Comments Off on Motorcyclist Perishes in R.T.A. on Southern Highway
The upgrade to the Coastal Road is not yet complete but already there’s been a near fatal incident. Whoever were the occupants of this black vehicle narrowly missed slamming into a small creek when it careened off the highway and plunged into a ditch below. A quick check with the police this evening revealed that […]
Written on January 27, 2023 | Posted in
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A four-year-old resident of Valley of Peace lost his life in a traffic accident on Monday night. Jayveen Alvarez was reportedly travelling along with his father on the Valley of Peace Road when the red pickup truck they were in overturned. The minor received multiple injuries to the head and body was rushed to the […]
Written on January 24, 2023 | Posted in
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