By SANCHESKA BROWN
Tribune Staff Reporter
sbrown@tribunemedia.net
TEENAGED motorcyclist Harry Sands Jr became the country’s seventh traffic fatality for the year after he lost control of his bike in Eleuthera over the holiday weekend.
The 19-year-old, pictured, from New Providence is the island’s third traffic victim of the year, and the second teenager to be killed in a motorcycle death in Eleuthera this past week.
Harry died of his injuries at a local clinic after he lost control of his motorcycle while at the island’s Homecoming on Saturday night.
According to police, the teenager lost control of a green and black Suzuki motorcycle while driving south on Queens Highway around 8pm in Rock Sound.
He was rushed to the island’s local clinic in critical condition after his motorcycle careered onto a dirt road and crashed, but died shortly after his arrival.
Harry was a member of the Platinum Riders Club and was reportedly travelling with four other riders towards Green Castle when the accident occurred. Police are not sure if speed was a factor in the crash, but did confirm that the teenager was wearing a helmet at the time.
According to sources, Harry was a 2012 graduate of C V Bethel High School and was employed at Cavalier Construction. He was described by friends and loved ones as a “respectable, hard working, young man.”
In the second fatality, 28-year-old Pachino Simmons crashed into the back of a vehicle while riding in Governors Harbour on Thursday. According to police, the teen was travelling south on Queens Highway on a red and white Honda ER 650 trail motorcycle when he lost control and crashed into the rear of a white 2005 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV shortly after 6pm.
The SUV was driven by a 42-year-old man, according to reports, which indicated that the boy was pronounced dead at the local clinic.
The first incident took place last week Tuesday. According to reports, a 32-year-old Palmetto Point man was struck and killed by an American driver.
Bobby Branville was walking along the main road when he was struck and killed by 48-year-old Jack Christopher Botero of New York.
According to reports, Botero pleaded guilty to the charge of killing in the course of dangerous driving, last Thursday. Botero was released on Thursday with a $5,000 fine, according to reports.
Investigations into the latest two traffic fatalities are continuing.
Comments
BBBB 10 years ago
Of course they all die, there are no real hospitals, which could easily save their lives. Why is the Bahamas so far behind in medical care? A clinic is NOT A TRAUMA CENTER IN A HOSPITAL. BAHAMAS NEEDS HOSPITALS.
KM 10 years ago
I am so in agreement with your statement. Its sad that in 2014, our islands are not equipt with proper medical care. Hospitals should be on each island whether highly populated or not. Their lives could have possibly been saved. My condolences to the family and friends.
ThisIsOurs 10 years ago
I agree with the sentiment,but are you ready to pay an additional 45% of your salary in new taxes? Unless we have a (contributing) population boom on every island, the hospitals will never make the money to sustain themselves, they would have to be heavily subsidized
Purcell 10 years ago
27-year-old boy?
The_Oracle 10 years ago
Where life is not valued, life is wasted. Where the future is unknown, without promise, there is little to live for. So sad, so endemic.
Clamshell 10 years ago
This was not "the island's" homecoming, it was homecoming at Rock Sound. There were also homecomings at Hatchet Bay and Bogue this past weekend.
It was not "the island's" clinic, as there are 10 clinics on Eleuthera. This one was at Rock Sound.
A 28-year-old man is not a "boy".
If you're going to copy news reports from The Eleutheran website, you should at least attempt to do so without adding careless, sloppy errors into them. Thank you.
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