The San Pedro Sun reports that 2 people were injured in a traffic accident when a Government of Belize owned Polaris golf car slammed into a fence. The victims are 19 year-old Julia Mejia a waitress at an island bar, and Geovanni Guerra, tour guide, both of San Pedro Town. The accident occurred at the corner of Caribeña Street and Barrier Reef Drive in San Pedro Town early this morning.

Police came upon this accident during a patrol at 2:30 am, when they saw the golf cart crash into parked golf cart. The driver then reversed, hit the fence surrounding Heritage Bank and fled the scene.

The Sun reports that police observed that the same golf cart had already raked a building at the corner of Caribeña Street and Barrier Reef Drive, and in the process, ripped down a portion of the Belize Bank fence. During all this careening, 19 year old Mejia was flung out of the cart unto the street, where she was found unconscious.

Still, the cart did not stop, and police had to pursue and corner it by blocking the road near the San Pedro Police Station. The Polaris type cart is licensed to the Belize Agriculture Health Authority and is the property of the Agriculture Department. The driver was 30 year old BAHA Employee Matias Cunil, a Succotz resident assigned to San Pedro. He may have been out on a drunken joyride but it has serious consequences: the teenaged female Julia Mejia was rushed in her unconscious state to the town clinic and later had to be airlifted to the KHMH. She received injuries to her face, mouth, teeth, left leg, and her left ear was severed. The SUN Reports that she is in a stable condition but will need reconstructive facial surgery.

The other passenger, Guerra broken his hand and complained of chest pain. The sun quotes police as saying that alcohol consumption was likely a factor and urine samples were taken from the driver and sent to a forensic lab.