And there were two more fatalities this weekend. First, there was a traffic accident in the west which claimed the life of 52 year old Roaring Creek resident Maria Wright.
41 year old Jorge Luis Romero, the man who knocked her down, told police that on Friday night he was traveling from San Ignacio Town to his home in Belmopan. He says that sometime after 8:30 p.m., he was passing by Westar Gas Station when he saw Wright bolt across the highway. He says that he couldn't avoid the accident, and his van ended up hitting her.
She was flung a short distance away from the front of that van, and she suffered massive injuries to the head and face. Wright died on the scene, and after police gathered whatever evidence they could, they issued a notice of intended prosecution against Romero.
And in the north, there was 1 other traffic accident, which left 1 man dead and another hospitalized.
It happened on Friday evening, and Orange Walk received information of a traffic accident four miles on the Guinea Grass Road. What the investigators have been able to put together is that 26 year-old Erick Pook was riding his motorcycle, and he had 19 year-old Wilbert Garcia as his passenger. They were heading home to Guinea Grass Village, when Pook somehow rear-ended moving trailer which attached to tractor also heading in the direction of Guinea Grass.
The driver of the tractor did not stop to render aid, and when police arrived, they found both men suffering from severe injuries. They were rushed to Northern Regional Hospital, but Eric Pook was beyond the help from the doctors who tried to save his life. He succumbed while undergoing treatment. Police believe that the driver of the tractor is from Shipyard, and they visited that community to serve him with a notice of intended prosecution.
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