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B.D.F. Truck Crashes; Three Soldiers Suffer Minor Injuries

There was a traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway on Monday that involved a B.D.F. truck that was traveling to the northern border on Monday morning. It didn’t result in any fatalities, but three soldiers did sustain varying degrees of head injuries. The B.D.F’s Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Jermaine Burns, said that speeding […]

Woman Loses Life in Fatal RTA in the South

A resident of Bella Vista Village in southern Belize lost her life during a road traffic accident on Saturday night. Around seven-thirty, Jose Hernandez was behind the wheel of a Mitsubishi pickup truck travelling in the same direction as Elsa Payaz who was on a Meilun motorcycle. As they approached mile fifty, on the Southern […]

Elderly Man Loses Life in Placencia RTA

An elderly man died on Sunday morning in a road traffic accident along the Placencia Road. Seventy- six-year-old Amado Galindo was riding his motorcycle when he collided into an SUV. Unfortunately, Galindo lost his life after being flung off his bike.   ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Police responded to an accident […]

KTV Winner Injured in Accident on Coney Drive

Exactly one week after winning season four of KTV the Remix, Lisa Hemmans Robateau is in braces and will not be able to do much for the next three months after she was knocked down off of her motorcycle on Coney Drive in Belize City. Hemmans Robateau was struck from behind by a car, driven […]

American National Dies in Traffic Accident on Hummingbird Highway

An American national lost his life as a result of injuries he sustained in a road traffic accident on Wednesday evening. According to police, forty-eight-year-old Steven Savarda was driving a black Audi S.U.V. with California plates along the Hummingbird Highway when he lost control of the vehicle and collided into a concrete culvert near the […]

A Blood Appeal for Soldier Injured in Accident

It’s been exactly two weeks since Private Roxanne Hill, of the Belize Defence Force, lost her life in a road traffic accident on the George Price Highway near Cotton Tree Village. Ten other soldiers were injured in that accident. Tonight, Brigadier General Azariel Loria joined the family in making an appeal for blood for one […]

Drunk Driver Runs Over, Kills Minor in Ladyville R.T.A.

Orange Walk resident Elias Reynoso has been charged with Manslaughter by Negligence, following a fatal road traffic accident in Ladyville. Details are that Reynoso was behind the wheel of a pickup truck on Poinsetta Street around six-thirty p.m. on Friday when he knocked down and killed eight-year-old Mercedes Campos who was with her mother at […]

Two Fatal RTA’s Reported in the South Over the Weekend

There were two fatal road traffic accidents over the weekend, one was a hit and run incident during which an individual was knocked down and killed along the Southern Highway.  Despite being transported to Independence Village, the succumbed to his injuries.   Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The vehicle did not stop. The person was […]

One B.D.F. Officer Dead, Ten Injured, in Tragic Road Traffic Accident

The Belize Defense Force has lost yet another member of its rank and file in less than a month. Tonight, the family of Private Roxanne Hill and her fellow officers at Price Barracks are mourning her untimely demise. The thirty-seven-year-old lost her life in a tragic road traffic accident on the George Price Highway in […]

Ten Soldiers Receiving Treatment for Varying Degrees of Injuries

Of the ten surviving soldiers, three have been treated and released from the Western Regional Hospital. Five of them remain hospitalized with varying degrees of injuries. Two others, namely privates Daron Flowers and Cory Martells, were rushed to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with more serious injuries to the spine and femur. Lieutenant Colonel Burns […]

Truck Loaded with Office Appliances Overturns on George Price Highway

Three persons escaped major injuries when the truck they were traveling in this afternoon careened off the George Price Highway and overturned in a swampy area near mile forty-one. It happened at midday, just as the truck filled with office appliances was on its way to Belmopan. A News Five team was travelling behind the […]

Jermano Bol Charged for Manslaughter by Negligence

He was the driver behind the wheel of a red pickup truck that was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle near King’s Children’s Home in Cotton Tree Village. Tonight, Roaring Creek resident Jermano Bol was formally arrested and charged for manslaughter by negligence, causing death by careless conduct, drove motor vehicle without due […]

John Doe is Victim of Hit and Run in Corozal

There was also a hit and run accident in Corozal over the weekend and police are investigating the incident to determine who is the motorist that injured an unnamed man.  On Monday, A.S.P. Alfonso Aban of the Crimes Investigation Branch shared limited information with the media.   Alfonso Aban, O.C., Crimes Investigation Branch “On Saturday, […]

Israel Chable is Knocked Down and Killed. Was it Intentional?

A resident of Orange Walk District lost his life over the weekend when he was reportedly knocked down by a motorist along the stretch of road near San Jose Village.  We say reportedly because police are investigating another angle to this tragic incident.  Israel Chable was unresponsive when he was discovered on Saturday morning.  By […]

Police are Following All Leads in Chable’s Case

According to Chable’s younger sibling, the family is working closely with the police to determine what caused the accident or whether her brother was in fact the victim of something sinister.   On the phone: Urbelina Escarraga, Sister of Deceased “So far we haven’t gotten to a conclusion because depending on the autopsy the police […]

Samuel Pop Perishes in Vehicle Collision in Cotton Tree

A family from Frank’s Eddy Village in the Cayo District continues the mourn the death of Samuel Pop, who lost his life on Sunday night in a vehicle collision on the George Price Highway in Cotton Tree Village. Five other persons travelling in both vehicles suffered varying degrees of injury, but survived the ordeal while […]

ComPol: Investigation into Fatal Accident Suggests P.M.’s Driver Not at Fault

The matter of the fatal traffic accident on the night of Sunday, July seventeenth, when fifty-eight-year-old Sherwin Leslie was knocked down and killed by a vehicle driven by the Prime Minister’s driver, also came up. As was reported, on that night, Edwin Hill was driving on the Philip Goldson Highway when between miles twenty-four and […]

A 3-Way Vehicular Collision Involving Trucks from B&B and B.S.I.

Early this morning, there was a road traffic accident on the Philip Goldson Highway near Rhaburn Ridge. The three-way vehicular collision involved a Bowen and Bowen delivery truck, a B.S.I. delivery truck carrying molasses and a passenger bus from Enriquez Bus Company. Information to News Five suggests that several persons were injured during the early […]

Prime Minister’s Driver Knocks Down and Kills John Doe on Philip Goldson Highway

There was a fatal traffic mishap last evening involving the prime minister’s driver during which he knocked down and killed a man believed to be a resident of Biscayne Village. Up to news time this evening, the victim remains unidentified.  Edwin Hill and two other occupants were traveling in his private SUV en route to […]

Head-on Collision Claims Life of Kirk Ramclam

A head-on collision between an S.U.V. and a motorcycle on Monday, has left one driver dead and the other injured. It happened on the Boom/Hattieville Road sometime around two-twenty p.m. and left in its wake a scene littered with debris, a family in mourning and the injured driver recouping at home. News Five’s Marion Ali […]

Man Detained Pending Charges for Another Fatal Accident

There was another fatal traffic accident, this time on Sunday in Carmelita, Orange Walk. And yet again, the victim is a senior citizen, as the Belize Police Department’s Communications Director, A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood shares.   ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Communications Director, Belize Police Department “Kadie Rhaburn reported to police that he was driving his Ford Ranger […]

Police Charge Vendor for Fatal Road Traffic Accident in Cayo

Eighty-year-old Santa Chun was knocked down as she walked on the Valley of Peace Road in the Cayo District on Friday night. Although the woman was immediately aided to get medical attention, she only lived for a few hours before passing away. A.S.P. Fitzroy Yearwood told the media today that the driver has since volunteered […]

Tractor Crushes M.I.D.H. Employee Heading to Work

There were a series of fatal road traffic accidents that took place over the weekend. One of the victims was Derrick Banner, a tractor operator with the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Housing. A release on the Ministry’s Facebook page states that Banner was on his way to San Antonio Village, Cayo early Saturday morning […]

Popular San Ignacio Employee Killed in Traffic Accident

Herman Valdez And the third senior citizen to perish in a traffic accident over the past three days was a popular employee for the San Ignacio Town Council. Herman Valdez was carrying out his daily cleaning of the streets in downtown San Ignacio this morning when a dark blue S.U.V. careened down a hill and […]

Police Pickup Goes Up in Flames in Benque

A police pickup truck exploded in flames in the small hours of this morning in Benque Viejo.  A pair of officers was on patrol in a Wingle and were driving along Said Musa Street when they heard a loud noise coming from the engine. The driver immediately stopped the vehicle but before they could have […]