At news time tonight, twenty-four year old Kevin Coye is still in critical condition after being involved in a traffic accident on New Year’s Eve. Coye was flown to a hospital in Guatemala City for medical treatment on Saturday afternoon and we are told his condition has improved but that doctors will be monitoring him […]
Late this evening News Five was informed that Kevin Coye, the son of Minister of Health Jose Coye, was involved in a traffic accident on Princess Margaret Drive. Sources tell News Five Coye was travelling at a high rate of speed on his motorcycle when his brakes malfunctioned and he crashed into the back of […]
While the Christmas weekend was a time of joy for most people, today the Chinese community is in mourning. Five men, all immigrants from the People’s Republic of China, were killed in a traffic accident on the Western Highway on Christmas night. According to police reports, around eleven p.m. on the twenty-fifth, twenty-five year old […]
There is an expression in the English language which talks about “adding insult to injury.” On Christmas Eve a pair of motorists combined to give new meaning to the phrase and in the process an Orange Walk man has lost his life. Twenty-five year old Arturo Foster of Chan Pine Ridge was apparently killed by […]
A customs officer was killed in an accident on Northern Highway early this morning. Clemente Canul was killed instantly when the car he was traveling in hit a parked truck between miles two and three. The driver Francis Alfaro and another passenger Arnoldo Howe, both employees of the Customs Department received head and body injuries […]
Two Benqueños have died and one remains seriously injured following a head on collision early this morning on the Western Highway. Police reports are that around two a.m. mechanic Steve Williams was driving from San Ignacio to Benque Viejo del Carmen while taxi driver Roberto Gamez was heading in the opposite direction. Between miles sixty-eight […]
While firefighters were engaged at a blaze on the foreshore on Saturday morning, police were called to the scene of an accident on the Western Highway, just outside the city. The tragedy claimed the life of a child. The three Dougal brothers were riding to Belizean Beach for a Saturday swim when ten-year-old Resse Dougal […]
One family in Libertad will have a sad Christmas this year after an eight year old girl was knocked down and killed Thursday afternoon at the junction of the Northern Highway and Libertad Village. Christine Swasey a student of the Libertad Adventist School was roller-skating at the junction when a truck driven by Omar Vega […]
While they still have no clue as to the whereabouts of the occupants of a small plane that was found near a makeshift runway in the Toledo District last week, police now know the plane’s country of origin. Although the serial number was obscured by white paint, it was registered at some point in Venezuela, […]
Police have located the remnants of a small twin engine plane in the Toledo District. They suspect the aircraft was involved in the illegal transshipment of drugs because it was discovered on an abandoned makeshift runway. The main body and tail were extensively burnt, so it is believed the aircraft may have crashed into the […]
A teenager has died from the injuries he received in an accident two weeks ago on the Northern Highway. Police investigations reveal that around seven on the night of Saturday November twentieth, Fred Nicholson was driving towards Corozal Town when between miles sixty-two and sixty-three he knocked down seventeen year old Estilito Alcoser Jr. who […]
In Belize City, the doctors for a five-year-old boy hit by a dump truck on Friday are keeping a close watch on his condition. Andyvan Andrews who wound up under the front portion of the truck after he ran across Jane Usher Boulevard, suffered severe damage to one arm, a bruised lung and a mangled […]
A five-year-old boy is still undergoing surgery at this hour at the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital after being knocked down on Jane Usher Boulevard by a dump truck this afternoon. According to witnesses just after noon, Andyvan Andrews ran from his house on Flamingo Street onto Jane Usher Boulevard. Halfway across the street, he saw […]
Another child also ran into traffic and was hit, this time by a tractor on Regent Street. Witnesses say two-year-old Sean Anderson ran away from his mother near the Commercial Centre and right into the path of a City Council tractor. The tractor knocked him down and rolled over his leg. The driver has been […]
A Maya Island Air flight had a close call today when it overshot the runway and ended up in the sea. Fortunately no one was hurt. News Five was at the scene. Eyewitness “The plane was coming in straight. We no really know what happen after that; we just never hear the engine again.” Q: […]
A Placencia man was killed in an accident on the Northern Highway around eleven Saturday night. Twenty-three year old Daniel Perez was driving a car towards Belize City when he collided head on with a pick-up truck on a curve between miles six and seven. He suffered severe head and body injuries and died on […]
A fifteen year old boy from Sandhill was killed in a hit and run accident on Saturday night. Clifford Requeña was walking on the Northern Highway around ten p.m. when he was knocked down by a pick-up truck. He sustained head and body injuries and was taken to the Karl Heusner Memorial but pronounced dead […]
In an update to last Wednesday night’s traffic accident at the intersection of St. Thomas, Princess Margaret Drive and St. Matthew’s Streets, News Five spoke to family members of eighteen-year old Duane Cano today to find out about his current condition. Cano was rushed by air ambulance to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami on Thursday, […]
Another accident late Wednesday evening has left two young men in critical condition. Eyewitnesses say around eight thirty, the car being driven by eighteen-year-old Omar Zelaya was going fast as it made its way down St. Thomas Street and did not yield at the stop sign at the intersection of Princess Margaret Drive. The car […]
A man crossing the Northern Highway after getting off a bus was hit by a car and killed on Friday night. Nolberto Mal a twenty-nine year old laborer of Caledonia Village was pronounced dead on arrival at the Orange Walk Hospital. Hector Itzab of Corozal Town reported to police that the accident occurred when he […]
An employee of the Ministry of Works died on Sunday in an accident at the Ministry’s compound at mile eleven on the Stann Creek Valley Road. Forty-three year old Samuel Mortis was lying under a truck replacing a hydraulic hose around eight thirty a.m. when the truck pan dropped on him. He was taken to […]
A laborer from Blackman Eddy Village was killed by a hit and run driver Sunday morning. Jose Victor Calderon’s body was found around six a.m. on the Western Highway between miles fifty-seven and fifty-eight. The body was taken to the San Ignacio Hospital. Anyone who has any information about the incident is asked to contact […]
Another senseless and probably avoidable accident on the Western Highway occurred early this morning as well known cyclist, John “Shamba” Dominguez Sr. was killed while doing his usual morning ride. The catastrophe is all the more difficult for the family to bear because witnesses claim they were prevented from assisting the victim. They also believe […]
Police are looking for a man who failed to stop after reportedly knocking down a four-year-old child in Independence on Friday night. Carlos Muschamp is accused of hitting Albert Rivas with his gray pickup as the child was walking to a store in the village. The boy was cut in the forehead and complained of […]
The driver of a pickup truck that ran off the Western Highway on the third is in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with a broken leg and other injuries. Uvaldemar Leal reported he was driving towards Belmopan around one p.m. when he lost control of the vehicle on a curve at mile twenty and ran […]
