Three people were injured in a traffic accident between miles six and seven on the Northern Highway shortly before ten this morning. A Nissan Altima car travelling towards Belize City collided with a Chevrolet pickup truck coming from the opposite direction near a deep curve on the highway. The car was driven by twenty year […]
A traffic accident that occurred in the Chiquibul Area has left some B.D.F. soldiers with varying degrees of fractures. At around seven this morning, six soldiers were being driven to the Silver Camp station from Camp Belizario when the steering wheel of the vehicle developed difficulties. Driver, Private A. Lucas lost control and the B.D.F. […]
A three car pile-up on the northern highway has left several persons with various degrees of injuries. At around eight-forty Sunday morning, fifty-one year old Julio Diaz of Belama Phase Two told police that while driving away from the Brodies parking lot in his Toyota Rav-four, a Geo Prizm taxi driven by thirty-two year old […]
This morning a student of Holy Redeemer Primary escaped with minor injuries after he was hit by a vehicle near the junction of Faber’s Road Extension and Wood Pecker Street. According to reports, a Suzuki Vitara, driven at the time by Jason Lodge was traveling towards the highway when upon reaching the junction; he knocked […]
Just before news time, an accident between miles twenty and twenty-one on the Western Highway this evening left five people injured. It involved four vehicles; a Ford pickup truck and a vehicle being towed by a Toyota four Runner, all heading towards Belmopan and a green Ford van heading towards Belize City. Reports are that […]
A woman is fighting for her life following a traffic accident at mile seven on the Northern Highway at midday. Two vehicles were involved in the mishap, a Chevy pick-up being driven by twenty-two year old Erroll Garbutt and a Toyota Corolla driven by sixty-three year old Hydee Gutierrez. Garbutt escaped with minor abrasions but […]
In some tragic news from down south, four year old Rihanna Pineda of Steadfast Village lost her life shortly before five yesterday evening. The minor succumbed to injuries while receiving treatment at Belize Healthcare Partners. Pineda was a victim of a traffic incident that occurred on February first between miles fifteen and sixteen of the […]
An accident at mile thirty-two on the Northern Highway on Thursday night has claimed the life of an Orange Walk man. Around ten-thirty p.m., a green Toyota van and a black Isuzu Rodeo collided into each other. Thirty-nine year old Elias Cocom, the driver of the Isuzu, died on the spot. Initial investigations reveal that […]
A second traffic accident for this week occurred on the Western Highway between miles seventy-four and seventy-five, but it was not fatal. On Tuesday night, police visited the scene where two taxis; a Toyota car and a Ford Escort car overturned; both extensively damaged. The driver of the Toyota taxi, forty-four year old Victor Manuel […]
And now we turn to a deadly traffic accident shortly after seven, the heavy rains this morning caused the death of two persons including a traffic officer. The incident occurred between miles nine and ten on the Western Highway where two vehicles coming from opposite directions slammed into each other. Two died and three others […]
The accident on the Western Highway is not the only traffic mishap to report tonight. At about nine fifteen p.m. last Saturday, Norman Anthony, a police officer of Los Lagos was driving with Delesia and Henry Anthony towards Lemonal when Norman lost control of the black Isuzu Rodeo and ran off the road. The vehicle […]
Rains in the past few days have been causing slippery roads and highways and a taxi driver lost his life and two others are badly injured following a head-on collision between a delivery truck and a green Astrovan. The incident occurred around nine-forty on Thursday night near mile twenty-five on the Western Highway. The taxi […]
A traffic mishap around ten this morning on the Northern Highway did not result in any injuries but did register a significant loss for the owners of Little Belize Exporters, a papaya shipping company from Little Belize in the Corozal District. The truck, which belonged to Wilbert Valencia’s Trucking, was being driven by Carlos Perez. […]
Traffic accidents are unfortunate whenever they occur and the story that follows has left a pregnant woman with constant nightmares and unable to walk. The expectant mother and her one year eight month baby were about to cross the street when they were knocked down by a bus. The incident occurred at the corner of […]
Two traffic accidents were reported in the city on New Year’s Day. The first incident occurred around six-forty a.m. as a red Toyota Camry was being stolen from the parking lot of the Palm Island Night Club. The jackers were leaving the driveway when a black Rodeo was coming from the north interrupted the theft […]
The other incident occurred about a mile away at the bus-stop near San Cas Plaza. Reports are that a parked airport bus was letting off night-shift workers when it was rear-ended by a car. It is an alleged case of drunk driving and the incident occurred around six-thirty the morning when friends; Jerry Bush, Leonel […]
A Penal judge in Chetumal, Quintana Roo has found enough evidence to arraign Samuel August for the death of Mexican national, Mario Aguilar Chan. The Belizean has now been charged with Manslaughter. In the early morning hours of December eighteenth, August was driving a Blue Bird minibus when upon reaching kilometer two hundred and sixty-five, […]
While two died from drowning, a traffic accident on Christmas day claimed the life of a woman from Toledo. Fifty-two year old Alberta Elcina Gonzalez, a domestic of Wilson Street, Toledo was knocked down between miles two and three on the Southern Highway. She was hit by a Honda Accord car driven by twenty-six year […]
And there are more deaths to report tonight. A fatal traffic accident in the Toledo District has claimed the life of a high-ranking police officer. Around five Saturday evening, Inspector Floyd Reynolds and Corporal Eugene Benguche were en route to Punta Gorda in a grey Chevy Tracker when Reynolds, who was driving, lost control of […]
And while that accident occurred in the Toledo District, a Mexican National who resides in San Jose Village of the Orange Walk District died under similar circumstances. Yesterday, police visited a scene between miles sixty-two and sixty-three where they found thirty-six year old Javier Garcia lying in a pool of blood, apparently dead. It appears […]
An accident in Chetumal has left one Mexican national dead, another hospitalized and a Belizean behind bars. Samuel August, a Belizean, was driving a mini bus at around one Wednesday morning on the Escarcega Road in Chetumal. Also on the road at the time was Mexican national thirty-five year old Mario Aguilar Chan, who was […]
On the other side of the border, today a Guatemalan police officer pled guilty to his charges in connection with a traffic accident. The collision occurred just after four on Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Western Highway and Western Avenue in Belize City. Court reports are that Mario Orellano was driving a bus on […]
Mexican authorities are investigating a traffic fatality that occurred in Chetumal Quintana Roo on Tuesday reportedly involving a Belizean and a Mexican. Very sketchy details indicate to News Five that the Belizean, one Samuel August, was driving a passenger bus and crashed into a motorcyclist who died on the spot. The Mexican embassy was unable […]
Around that same time in the Cayo District, police visited the Iguana Creek Bridge where they found the lifeless body of fifty-six year old Melvin Mendoza of Unitedville. According to reports, the deceased and his friend Orlando Trapp were both travelling from Black Man Eddy towards Spanish Lookout in Mendoza’s Ford Ranger Pickup with license […]
It is usual that traffic accidents involve vehicles, but this time it also has to do with horses. At mile thirteen on the Western Highway last night a woman was injured and the two horses were killed. Husband and wife duo, Isela and Jason Garay were reportedly heading towards Belmopan shortly after eleven last night […]
