The Tribune

By EARYEL BOWLEG

Tribune Staff Reporter

ebowleg@tribunemedia.net

TWO people were killed in separate traffic accidents, bringing the country’s road fatality count for the year to 11.

In the second incident, Chief Superintendent Sybrina Porter, head of the Traffic Division, said police received a report of a crash on Prince Charles Drive, near the Seventh-day Adventist Church, shortly before 7pm.

Officers arrived to find a white Toyota had crashed into a lamp pole. CSP Porter said speed may have been a factor in the accident.

The jaws of life had to be used to free the lone male driver, who was trapped inside the vehicle. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded and pronounced him dead at the scene.

As a result of the crash, streetlights in the area were out, CSP Porter confirmed.

In the first incident, a woman died in Pinewood Gardens after two vehicles collided and crashed into a wall.

CSP Porter said police received reports of the crash shortly before 3 pm. It occurred at the intersection of Sapodilla Boulevard and Thatch Palm Avenue and involved a black Toyota Mark X and a black Nissan Cube.

According to police, the Toyota Mark X was heading east on Sapodilla Boulevard while the Nissan Cube was travelling north on Thatch Palm Avenue. The vehicles collided at the intersection before crashing into a wall, sustaining extensive damage.

“The black Nissan Cube, which was driven by a female, collided into the wall, and she was ejected from the driver's seat to the passenger side, where she was partially outside the vehicle,” CSP Porter said.

EMS responded and pronounced the woman dead at the scene. The driver of the Toyota Mark X sustained minor injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment.