It happened at mile 11 and a half - at the junction of the Old Well road - which is about a hundred yards from El Ca's. At about 2:30 am, a white Saturn Car has heading in the direction of Corozal while a Saturn "VUE" SUV was heading towards the city. Reports are that at mile 11 and a half, without warning the car suddenly veered into the path of the oncoming SUV.

No one even had time to apply their brakes; they had a massive drivers side to divers side collision. Five people were in the car, and three of them were killed on impact. That included the driver, Police Constable Deon Makin, who was crushed behind the wheel, a still unidentified female who was in the back seat and was crushed as she was thrown forward by the impact, and 25 year old Edwin Elvis Crawford who was also in the back seat behind the driver.

Helen Canelo was in the passenger seat and has been treated and released from the hospital while the 22 year old passenger who sat behind her, Jay Lewis Avila was being held for observation at the KHMH.

We note that when we viewed the Saturn car at the Ladyville police station this morning, it carried a strong odour of beer. No one in the car was using a seatbelt.