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Fire investigators say the prison van caught fire after the van’s strobe lights fell off. Initial investigation suggests the malfunction triggered an electrical surge. Fire Station Supervisor, Kenneth Mortis told us more. Kenneth Mortis, Fire Station Supervisor, Belize National Fire Service “We did gather information about a van on fire. We learnt that the […]
Written on March 14, 2022 | Posted in
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A man is dead after the tractor he was driving fell on top of him. The incident happened on Thursday evening in the Cayo District. Police say that sometime around three-thirty, twenty-seven year-old Alexander Hernandez, a Salvadoran, was driving a tractor down a hill with a trailer in tow on a farm in the Valley […]
Written on March 11, 2022 | Posted in
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A fatal mishap on Friday afternoon in Orange Walk District has claimed the life of twenty-seven-year-old Abner Magana. It is reported that Magana was riding a scooter along the Yo Creek Road when he collided into a bridge. The impact of the collision flung Magana under the concrete bridge. Despite being rushed to the Northern […]
Written on March 8, 2022 | Posted in
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A fatal road traffic accident in Toledo District on Sunday evening has claimed the life of fifty-year-old Jenario Bol. He was on a motorcycle traveling along the highway when he collided into twenty-three-year-old Antonio Cal who made a sudden turn into oncoming traffic while riding a bicycle. Both men were seriously injured, and Bol later […]
Written on February 28, 2022 | Posted in
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Police are investigating an incident in Southern Belize that left one woman dead. Iris Miranda was reportedly inside a Ford Escape with a male driver when she jumped out of the moving vehicle. She sustained several head and body injuries which led to her death. Police have since detained the driver as they investigate. […]
Written on February 21, 2022 | Posted in
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There is a sad story tonight involving a young man who was in an accident in Corozal. Twenty year old Odiel Tzul has died after being hospitalized for seven days following the hit and run incident at the Corozal Free Zone. According to police, Tzul was walking when an S.U.V. being driven by twenty one […]
Written on February 17, 2022 | Posted in
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There was also a fatal accident in southern Belize over the weekend. On Saturday morning, police responded to an RTA on the Southern Highway in the Stann Creek District. Mario Sanchez was behind the steering wheel of a black Honda Pilot heading north; Elsworth Lamb was travelling with him on the passenger side. Between miles […]
Written on February 7, 2022 | Posted in
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A young man lost his life New Year’s Eve in an accident on the Southern Highway. Twenty-six-year-old Luis Ba died when his bicycle was hit by two men on a motorcycle. When police responded to the scene, they saw a motorcycle on side of the road. A short distance away, a two men were observed […]
Written on January 3, 2022 | Posted in
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A man was knocked down and killed on Christmas Eve on the Stann Creek Valley Road. The deceased, Josline Hall, was struck sometime after seven p.m. near mile thirteen and a half. Police say the alleged driver of the Toyota Tacoma pickup was forty-one year-old Cornelio Shack – a security guard of Belize City. Shack […]
Written on December 28, 2021 | Posted in
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A doctor was killed in a collision in the Orange Walk District on Thursday night. Police say they responded to the scene at mile 20 on the Blue Creek Road and found a Toyota Hilux pickup on its side and a Ford Escort , both extensively damaged. Dr. Victor Can is reported to have been […]
Written on December 10, 2021 | Posted in
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Today a police vehicle went barreling into a concrete building and through its wall today. Fortunately, no one was injured. Police Commissioner, Chester Williams says the officers were heading to the Tree Tops area to carry out a change of shift this morning. But, as they reached a curve in Santa Cruz Village, the vehicle’s […]
Written on December 7, 2021 | Posted in
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There has been a visible increase in the number of fatal road traffic accidents being reported in recent weeks, as motorists continue to lose their lives in deadly collisions along the country’s highways. Over the weekend, Michael Lindo died when his Toyota Hilux rear-ended a commuter bus on the Southern Highway. The pickup truck he […]
Written on December 6, 2021 | Posted in
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The month of November has seen a number of fatalities as a result of road traffic accidents along the various highways across the country–three alone over the weekend. Today, ComPol Williams met with the senior command of the Belize Police Department to address the issue. Williams spoke today about the campaign to reduce these fatal […]
Written on November 29, 2021 | Posted in
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As we said there were three fatal accidents over the weekend; two of which occurred on Saturday in southern Belize. In the wee hours, there was a fatal RTA at mile twenty-two on the Hummingbird Highway. On the right side of the road was an extensively damaged motorcycle and a short distance away, police saw […]
Written on November 29, 2021 | Posted in
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Up north in the Corozal District, there was also a road traffic accident in Cristo Rey Village that claimed the life of a teacher. On Friday evening, Ditmar Ruiz was driving a Toyota Tacoma pickup in the village when he lost control of the vehicle. The vehicle overturned trapping Ruiz inside. The National Fire Service […]
Written on November 29, 2021 | Posted in
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A police officer for more than a decade, Police Constable Kieron Carlos lost his life while driving home from work on Tuesday morning. Carlos reportedly lost control of his motorcycle and collided into a concrete wall between Miles fifty-nine and sixty. A large culvert is situated in the area where he crashed and his body […]
Written on November 23, 2021 | Posted in
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As we reported on Monday, our News Five crew witnessed a fatal accident on the George Price Highway near mile nine that claimed the life of a woman and a ten-month-old baby. The child’s mother survived the ordeal and today chronicled to News Five’s Duane Moody the traumatic experience of losing both her baby and […]
Written on November 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Last night we told you about the Sunday morning traffic accident on the Hummingbird Highway, just outside Belmopan, that claimed the life of Kimberly Griffith and Elmar Avila. Police have since arrested and charged Armando Pastrona with two counts of manslaughter by negligence, two counts of causing death by careless conduct, driving without due care […]
Written on November 23, 2021 | Posted in
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Three fatal accidents on three different highways in three consecutive days have claimed the lives of five persons, including a ten-month-old boy. It’s the chilling statistics of the past few days, time that was supposed to be the joyous Garifuna Settlement Day weekend and start of another workweek. On Sunday, Kimberly Griffith and Elmer Avila […]
Written on November 23, 2021 | Posted in
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A ten month old child and a forty year old woman lost their lives in a fatal road traffic accident earlier this evening on the George Price Highway near the Mile Eight Community. A News Five team was caught in the middle of it all as they were heading back into the city from an […]
Written on November 22, 2021 | Posted in
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And two people lost their lives on Sunday morning in a fatal traffic accident in Belmopan City. The victims have been identified as Kimberly Griffith and Elmer Avila. Griffith is known in her Corozal Town for her hand crafted jewelry business and her efforts to teach others the trade. Recently she and the Director of […]
Written on November 22, 2021 | Posted in
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There was a fatal accident in Ladyville Village on Friday night. Reports are that just before nine p.m. Delwan Abraham was driving from Ladyville to Sandhill when he knocked down Elias Vellos. The victim was transported to the K.H.M.H., but pronounced dead upon arrival. While police continues to investigate this tragedy, there are also concerns […]
Written on November 1, 2021 | Posted in
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Communications Director, Fitzroy Yearwood, also gave details of a traffic accident in Concepcion Village on Thursday night. As we previously reported, Police Constable Lazaro Catch was driving in the area when he allegedly knocked down Ezekiel Bermudez. To make matters worse, a second vehicle ran over Bermudez moments later. An eyewitness alleges the police officer […]
Written on November 1, 2021 | Posted in
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Two cyclists lost their lives in traffic accidents on Thursday evening. As we reported on last night’s newscast, an elderly man was knocked down by a passenger van in Silk Grass Village. Today, police issued official details saying that the RTA occurred between miles seven and eight on the Southern Highway. The body of eighty-one-year-old […]
Written on October 29, 2021 | Posted in
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An hour and a half later, there was another road traffic accident; this time, up north on the Philip Goldson Highway in Corozal. Ezequiel Bermudez was riding his bicycle between miles seventy-five and seventy-six on the highway, when he was knocked down by a car driven by police constable Lazaro Catch. The impact sent Bermudez […]
Written on October 29, 2021 | Posted in
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