A traffic accident on the Western Highway has left a cyclist hospitalised. Police reports are that around eight on Saturday night, William Velasquez was riding his bicycle between miles sixty-seven and sixty-eight toward San Ignacio when he was knocked down by a Toyota Camry travelling in the same direction. The driver of the car, thirty-two […]
A truck transporting prisoners to Hattieville Correctional Facility collided with an S.U.V. this evening, fortunately there were no major injuries reported. Reports reaching News Five are that around four o’clock, nine prisoners were on their way back to jail when around mile eight on the Western Highway an Isuzu Rodeo made a sudden U-turn onto […]
A soldier of the Belize Defence Force remains unconscious tonight following a traffic incident on Tuesday in the Cayo District. According to a B.D.F. spokesman, around eight-twenty that morning Corporal Justo Cho was among a group of soldiers who were being transported by truck from Camp Belizario to go on patrol. Reports are that as […]
Tonight authorities are looking for a hit and run driver after a traffic accident in the Cayo district left a man dead. Reports are that between four and five Sunday morning, forty-two year old Modesto Chulin was walking on the Cristo Rey Road when he was knocked down by a passing vehicle and left for […]
The family of Lydia Rodriguez is in mourning following the young woman’s death on Sunday night. According to relatives, Rodriguez passed away in her sleep around eight-thirty p.m., surrounded by loved ones. On February seventh, the pregnant woman was involved in a traffic accident on the Guinea Grass road that left her in critical condition. […]
One week ago we chronicled the sad story of Lydia Rodriguez, the young Orange Walk mother clinging to life at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital following a traffic accident on the Guinea Grass Road. Tonight, Rodriguez remains hospitalised and she needs your help to stay alive. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Twenty-six year old Lydia Rodriguez remains […]
A traffic accident in Dangriga has left a family mourning the loss of a young child. Police report that around eight on Friday morning, seven year old Dayron Hernandez was riding his bicycle on St. Vincent Street when he was knocked down by a bus driven by thirty year old Lancia David. Hernandez was rushed […]
It was a story that never made it into the police press reports … a mid-morning traffic accident on the Guinea Grass road that left a pregnant woman in critical condition. Three weeks later, family members continue a bedside vigil at the private ward in the K.H.M.H., hoping against hope that their loved one will […]
Meanwhile, police investigations into another traffic accident, this time on the Western Highway, continue; but tonight reports are that the victim has been certified as brain dead. Around five on Tuesday evening thirty-two year old Anne Thompson was hit by a Land Rover near her home in Esperanza Village. She was rushed to the Loma […]
A traffic accident on the Western Highway has left a resident of Esperanza Village fighting for her life. Police reports are that around six-thirty on Tuesday, thirty-two year old Ann Marie Thompson was knocked down by a Land Rover, driven at the time by sixty-eight year old Henry Lisbey. Thompson was rushed to the nearest […]
A motorcycle accident in the Toledo district has claimed the life of an Indianville resident. According to police reports, sixty-four year old Clarence Montero was walking along the San Antonio road around seven on Saturday night when he was struck by a motorcycle. Montero was rushed to the Punta Gorda hospital for treatment for injuries […]
A cyclist knocked down by a motor vehicle on Sunday morning died of his injuries. Sixty-nine year old Juan Perez was hit while riding on the road between San Roman and Cristo Rey by twenty-eight year old Emore Ewan. Perez succumbed to severe head wounds this morning at the K.H.M.H. and police are currently preparing […]
A man from the Corozal district remains in critical condition tonight after he was knocked off his bicycle on Sunday morning. Police reports are that around eight-thirty that day, sixty-nine year old Juan Perez was riding on the road between San Roman and Cristo Rey villages when he was hit by a vehicle driven by […]
A weekend traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway has left two men dead and two others with serious injuries. According to authorities, around eleven on Friday night, Lindon Lewis was driving his white Toyota Hilux towards Belmopan when he lost control of the vehicle between miles thirty and thirty-one. The truck ran into a hill […]
Today friends and family are mourning the loss of a loved one following a traffic accident on the Northern Highway on Saturday night. According to Hubert Faber Junior, around seven that night he was driving family members to Corozal because their grandmother had passed away and relatives were planning the funeral. But Faber says as […]
One man who has been charged in connection with a fatality is twenty year old Lazaro Murillo of Mahogany Street in Belize City. Murillo turned himself in to police, identifying himself as the driver who knocked down a bicyclist on December twenty-eighth near the Mahogany Street complex and then fled the scene. That cyclist, fifty-two […]
A woman, her unborn child, and her father were killed in a terrible crash on the Northern Highway last night. News Five went to the scene today and spoke with police about the tragedy and the need for motorists to be cautious, especially as the holidays approach. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police are trying to determine […]
A Punta Gorda man has been charged with drunk driving following a traffic accident on the Southern Highway on Saturday night. According to the authorities, thirty year old Ernesto Rash has been arraigned on charges of driving a motor vehicle with an alcohol limit above the prescribed amount, driving without due care and attention, and […]
The weekend’s second accident has left twenty-eight year old Belize City mechanic Kelvin Geban in serious condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Around eleven Saturday night Geban and another man were on this R-One thousand Yamaha motorcycle when they crashed on Coney drive near the Napa Auto Parts building. However, tonight there are conflicting […]
In news of yet another traffic accident, Kevin Baptist remains admitted to ward at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital recovering from serious body injuries sustained during a collision with a cow. Baptist was on a motorcycle travelling on the Burrell Boom road when he struck the animal. This morning Baptist declined an on camera interview, […]
A traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway has claimed the life of a four-year-old girl. Reports are that around noon on Monday, little Daisy Polanco was running across the highway in Saint Margaret’s Village when she was knocked down by a truck driven by forty-eight year Santos Turcios. Turcios told authorities that the child suddenly […]
Tonight, a Ladyville family continues to nurse their loved one to good health after a traffic accident almost claimed his life five days ago. But as I discovered this morning, that traumatic ordeal pales in comparison to their frustration with the justice system. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Eight year old Darwin Melendez had just had lunch […]
In the west, a traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway has claimed the life of a Belmopan resident. According to police reports, around eight on Saturday morning, twenty-eight year old Manuel de Jesus Garcia was riding his bicycle between miles fifty-four and fifty-five when he was struck from behind by a car travelling in the […]
A man from San Roman Village was killed in a traffic accident on the Northern Highway. Around seven Wednesday night thirty-five year old Apolonio Toledano was riding his bike from Carmelita to Orange Walk Town when he was struck by a Ford pickup near Tower Hill. The driver, American missionary Ester Burke, claims she saw […]
Thirty-seven year old Mark Gabb tonight remains unconscious at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after he was knocked off his bicycle early Monday morning. According to Belize City police, the incident took place around three-thirty a.m. at the intersection of Central American Boulevard and Faber’s Road. Investigations reveal that Gabb, who was riding a beach […]
