A fatal traffic accident is always a sad event…but the one that occurred on Saturday morning between miles thirty-seven and thirty-eight on the Northern Highway takes on added significance as it involved the death of a police officer. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting The lone survivor in the Toyota car, […]
Belmopan police are asking the public’s help in identifying the victim of a fatal hit and run that occurred last night. Around nine-thirty police were called to a spot on the Ring Road where they observed the lifeless body of a Hispanic man with apparent head and body injuries. Reports indicated that the man had […]
A four-year-old child tonight lies in critical condition at the K.H.M.H. after he was hit by a pickup truck on the Northern Highway. Around three Thursday afternoon Leeton Galvez apparently wandered onto the road in Sandhill Village between miles eighteen and nineteen. Twenty-four year old Edilberto Guerra of Belize City told police that he was […]
Sometime after two this afternoon, traffic on Mahogany Street came to a standstill after a Toyota pickup collided into a Prado S.U.V. The crash caused the pickup truck to roll over on its side and both vehicles were extensively damaged. According to police, thirty year old Arnold Santos, the driver of the pickup belonging to […]
Over two and a half days after his body was discovered, police still have no idea who knocked down and killed fifty-nine year old William Smith, a gardener from Lord’s Bank Village. Around four on Saturday morning Ladyville police received a call that led them to the roadside between miles seven and eight on the […]
It brought to mind that old physics scenario of what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object. But what happened around noon Saturday between miles two and three on the Northern Highway was more than just a theoretical exercise. News Five’s Jacqueline Woods has the story. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting When our cameraman arrived […]
In the end, the only damage resulting from a downtown traffic accident this afternoon was to the vehicles. But it could have been much worse. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Forty-six year old taxi driver Charles Perez appeared to be shaken shortly after he crashed into another cab driven by thirty-seven year old Collet Maskall. Perez says […]
This past weekend was deadly on our highways as three persons lost their lives in three separate incidents. The first call came in around two on Saturday afternoon and led Orange Walk police to mile fifty-eight on the Northern Highway. There, authorities observed a blue Geo Prism extensively damaged on the side of the road. […]
A Belize City man has died after being knocked off his bicycle by a truck. According to police, fifty-year old Hubert Sterling of Nurse Findley Crescent was riding down Vernon Street toward Central American Boulevard around seven Monday night when he was apparently hit by a truck travelling in the same direction in the process […]
Investigations into a boat collision earlier this month in the waters between Belize City and San Pedro have resulted in the suspension of the two captains involved, one of them, indefinitely. According to president of the Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association, Ramon Reyes Junior, following internal inquiries into the crash between “Big Al” and “Tsunami” […]
A traffic accident Friday afternoon in the Orange Walk District has left a man dead. Forty-year-old Heinrich Guenther Jr. of Indian Creek was riding in the pan of a Chevy pickup travelling on the Guinea Grass Road when it collided into a Nissan car coming from the opposite direction. The pickup rolled over several times […]
An early morning accident on the Western Highway has claimed the life of a young woman from Belmopan. Twenty-seven year old Elizabeth Heusner, an employee of the Belize Bank, was a passenger in a Geo Tracker driven by thirty-two year old Rhondine Twist. The pair were heading east toward Belize City around six-thirty when, between […]
A weekend boat collision in the waters between Belize City and San Pedro has left more than seventy-five people shaken up and recovering from varying degrees of injuries. According to Ramon Reyes Jr., President of the Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association, around five-thirty on Saturday evening, “Tsunami” driven by Captain Rene Rosado and carrying thirty-three […]
She’s making some progress, but doctors warn that the young victim of a hit and run will be permanently impaired. Today News Five’s Jacqueline Woods stopped by the hospital for an update. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Seven-year-old Skylar Sanchez has been slowly responding to her mother?s voice, but she is still not fully conscious and there […]
An accident last night on the Western Highway has left a bicyclist dead, a family in mourning, and the passengers of a bus shaken. News Five visited the scene today. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Sixty-two year old Gerald Mervin Underwood usually rode his bike to his home near mile six on the Western Highway. But as […]
Searchers continue to comb the banks and bays of Placencia Lagoon in an effort to find Clifford Atherley. Atherley and his son were among six people thrown out of a skiff Saturday night following its collision with another vessel. Four people were rescued, but the body of Atherley’s five-year-old son, Nigel, was discovered yesterday afternoon […]
It was a huge crowd that descended on the Michael Ashcroft Stadium in Independence for what proved to be the final game in the national professional football championship. And while rain made that field a soggy mess it also made the post-game boat ride across the lagoon for hundreds of fans from Placencia both uncomfortable […]
The crash of two boats at Placencia was not the weekend’s only fatal accident. A collision around seven-forty Sunday morning on the Western Highway claimed the life of a Belmopan woman and severely injured her child. Jacqueline Woods, Reporting Police say forty-three year old Roy Alex Bennett, a Guatemalan National, who was driving this Prado […]
A traffic accident that took three lives on the third of June has now claimed a fourth victim. He is Belize Defence Force private Eduardo Cus. Cus, who was a passenger in a B.D.F. truck that collided with a motorcycle on the Western Highway, was flown to Mexico City for treatment on June seventh. According […]
The carnage on the nation’s roads continues, this time with the death of a truck passenger in the Cayo District. Forty-nine year old Edmundo de Jesus Montoya lost his life this afternoon when he fell out of a pickup between miles sixty-five and sixty-six on the Western Highway. Driver William Swan told police that he […]
Three days after it occurred, police are still not certain what caused the accident on Friday evening on the Western Highway that killed sixty-seven year old John Frampton Senior, B.D.F. private Beverley Roches, and two-year-old Shanine Avila. According to authorities, their initial investigations reveal that Frampton was riding a motorcycle heading east towards Belize City […]
Around four this evening a B.D.F. truck filled with people collided with a motorcycle. The result was predictably disastrous, with several dead and others being sent to the hospital for treatment. We caution viewers that the following scenes may be disturbing. Patrick Jones reports. Patrick Jones, Reporting The carnage on the Western Highway near mile […]
A Belize City family is mourning the loss of two of its youngest members following a deadly traffic accident on the Southern Highway on Sunday. Thirty-nine year old Dennis Burke told police that around three-thirty on Sunday afternoon he and his family were travelling in a van, heading to Belize City following a trip to […]
Corozal police had their hands full on Saturday following two separate fatal traffic accidents on the Northern Highway. The first occurred around eight-fifteen following a collision between a mini bus and a Ford Bronco. Preliminary investigations reveal that thirty-four year old Daniel Acosta was driving the Bronco from the Mexican border to Corozal Town, but […]
A police officer injured in a traffic accident on Tuesday afternoon lies in critical condition at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. Twenty-one year old Leroy Kerr was off duty when the Mazda he was driving collided with a Mitsubishi Montero near mile fifty-one on the Western Highway. The other driver, Henry Barrera, a Guatemalan missionary, […]
