Category: Traffic Accidents

Motorcycle accident claims the life of DJ Scorpio

Motorcycle accident claims the life of DJ Scorpio

A road traffic accident on Saturday morning on the Boom-Hattieville road has claimed the life of a cycling official and left another hospitalized.  The victim of the fatal incident has been identified at disc jockey, and cycling official Stephen Hall, also known as DJ Scorpio.  According to reports, Hall was driving a motorcycle towards the [...]

Three injured in Punta Gorda traffic accident

Three injured in Punta Gorda traffic accident

A traffic accident early yesterday morning just outside of Punta Gorda town left three people hospitalized. Our Toledo correspondent Paul Mahung has the details.

Man dies after being hit by passenger bus

Man dies after being hit by passenger bus

A Corozal man is dead following a hit and run accident on Sunday night. Reports are that shortly after 8 o ‘clock on Sunday night, twenty five year old Isaias Castillo, a resident of Concepcion Village was knocked down from behind as he rode his bicycle in the village. Residents say Castillo was riding north [...]

Traffic survery results presented

Traffic survery results presented

Belize has one of the highest numbers of fatalities caused by road traffic accidents in Latin America and the Caribbean. It’s a dubious record and so the Ministry of Transport is serious of making a change for the better.  Love TV’s Marion Ali reports.

Man charged for knocking down and killing cyclist

Man charged for knocking down and killing cyclist

28-year-old Solemni Chun a resident of T-Street was charged with manslaughter by negligence when he appeared in court today.  Chun was also charged with causing death by careless conduct, drove motor vehicle without due care and attention, failure to stay and render aid, drove motor vehicle on to the sidewalk and drove motor vehicle while [...]

Cyclist killed on Central American Boulevard

Cyclist killed on Central American Boulevard

And while there were no serious injuries in this morning’s crash, the same cannot be said for an incident last night on Central American Boulevard.  A van, bearing taxi license places is reported to have gone out of control around eight o’clock last night, drove onto the sidewalk in front of the Belize City Center [...]

Northern Highway crash leaves policeman injured

Northern Highway crash leaves policeman injured

Policeman, Marvin Loria who is posted at the Queen Street Police Station, was injured in a road traffic accident this morning on the Northern Highway.  The crash happened around seven thirty and involved a black Chevy Blazer, driven by Magistrate Ernest Staine and a disabled cargo truck operated by Ricardo Jacobo.  Love News went to [...]

Cab hits pedestrian at foot of Swing Bridge

Cab hits pedestrian at foot of Swing Bridge

Another accident, this time around three o’clock this afternoon in Belize City has left one man with minor injuries.  Love News arrived at the scene in front of Central Drugstore on Regent Street West, shortly after the incident where paramedics were busy working on twenty nine year old Eugene Thompson Junior. He was knocked down [...]

Cayo accident injures several; one man remains in a coma

Cayo accident injures several; one man remains in a coma

A man is critically injured following a traffic accident that occurred between miles seventy and seventy one on the Western Highway on Saturday night.  Deputy Commander of the San Ignacio Police Formation, Assistant Superintendent Claudio Mai, gave reporters the details. Police have not yet charged anyone.

A traffic accident his morning at mile twelve on the Western Highway has left several people shaken and police looking for the driver who is believed to have caused the incident. Reports to Love News are that the accident happened around eight o’clock this morning.  When out news team arrived at the scene, they observed [...]

Western Highway claims the life of civil engineer

Western Highway claims the life of civil engineer

A Belize City family is tonight in mourning after their loved one was killed in a road traffic accident on the Western Highway.  Love TV’s Marion Ali reports from Mile twenty seven and a half.

Boy knocked down in Benque Viejo del Carmen

Boy knocked down in Benque Viejo del Carmen

A mechanic of Benque Viejo del Carmen finds himself in all kinds of problems with the law tonight after he reportedly knocked down his own neighbour’s son, allegedly under the influence of alcohol, and then failed to report the incident.  Fifty-three year old Salvador Penados appeared in the Benque Magistrate’s Court today on charges of [...]

Truck plunges from bridge

Truck plunges from bridge

A heavy duty delivery truck driver is lucky to be alive tonight after the truck he was driving on the Hummingbird Highway flipped off a bridge and into a creek below on Thursday.  (VO)   Toby Banner told Love News that at around eleven thirty on Thursday morning he was delivering three hundred and fifty sacks [...]

Car hits girl, leaving her with fractured skull

Car hits girl, leaving her with fractured skull

A little girl is in the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital with a fractured skull after she was knocked down on Euphrates Avenue.  The incident happened at around five fifteen on Monday evening on Euphrates Avenue and has left seven year old Star Banks with serious injuries and in a lot of pain.  Nonetheless, the child’s [...]

Separate traffic accidents on Placencia road

Separate traffic accidents on Placencia road

There are reports of a couple of traffic mishaps in Placencia village this afternoon/evening.The first happened at the entrane to the village and left an SUB perched on its side near a verandah. Police have not yet reported the incident; but it appears that the vehicle ran off the road near a curve, hit some [...]

Tourist van and SUV crash on Boom-Hattieville road

Tourist van and SUV crash on Boom-Hattieville road

A traffic accident on the Boom Hattieville Road just after two o’clock this afternoon left several people injured.  According to Police reports Catherine Cassimiro was driving a green Caravan coming from the area of Bermudian Landing with 10 people on board when upon reaching the Burrell Boom Hattieville junction there was a collision with a [...]

Vehicles crash near Belize Zoo

Vehicles crash near Belize Zoo

Another traffic accident was reported on Saturday, this time on the Western Highway.  Police reports indicate that around eight thirty on Saturday night, they responded to the scene of an accident between miles twenty nine an thirty on the Western Highway near La Democracia Village.  Three vehicles were observed on the side of the road.  [...]

Vehicle flips on the Northern Highway

Vehicle flips on the Northern Highway

A traffic accident on the Northern Highway on Saturday has left seven people injured.  According to police reports, a purple Chevy pickup truck with San Ignacio licenses plates was heading towards Belize City, when the driver, twenty seven year old Deny Elijio says he experienced a blowout to the vehicle’s right rear wheel.  As a [...]

Traffic accident claims the life of Placencia man

Traffic accident claims the life of Placencia man

A man was killed in a road traffic accident last night on the Placencia Road.  The victim has been identified as twenty nine year old Jovanni Miguel.  According to police reports, Miguel was driving a sports utility vehicle heading from Independence to Placencia village when he reportedly lost control of vehicle near a curve and [...]

Toledo man killed in road traffic accident

Toledo man killed in road traffic accident

A man from the Toledo district was killed in a road traffic accident on the Southern Highway on Saturday night.  Around 9:50 pm Saturday, police say they visited an area between miles 12 and 13 on the Southern Highway there the saw the body of a young Mayan descent man lying on the road with [...]