Just before 5 p.m., a motorcyclist, whose identity was confirmed to us as Kent Skeet, was westbound on Cemetery Road. By all indications to our newsroom, he was speeding, and when he got to the median area, seen here, his front wheel accidentally hit the median.

This caused him to lose control of the motorcycle, and he was flung unto the grass where he died on the spot.

His family members hovered over the body and kept on repeating that his neck was broken; they were in visible distress at the scene.

Because of the location of the accident, the evening traffic heading into Belize City was blocked up all the way up to news time as the traffic officials processed the scene.

Skeet was not wearing any helmet.