There was a fatal accident between miles 5 and 6 on the Northern Highway this evening. A total of five persons were injured and two were killed when a white Mercedes Benz crashed into a pickup truck. We spoke to Officer Commander Eastern Division Rural about the accident:..
Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster, Commander, Eastern Division Rural
"Preliminary investigation has thus far revealed that we had two vehicles overtaking the line of traffic, one managed to squeeze in to the lane while the white Mercedes failed to get in the lane and then collided into the white pickup truck. As a result of that we had two fatality from the pickup truck. The driver had been escorted to the Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital along with 4 others from out of the white Mercedes."
Reporter
"Can you confirm to us, the white pickup was heading down into Belize City?"
Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster
"The white pickup was heading towards Belize City, while the white car was heading towards Ladyville."
Reporter
"Can you say who the persons within the white car were?"
Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster
"Like I said, preliminary investigations reveal that 4 persons were in the white car while 3 were in the pickup. The two fatality we have was from the pickup truck."
Reporter
"Basically would you say that speeding is a problem in this area between Hallover and Ladyville?"
Sr. Supt. Edward Broaster
"For a time now, yes speeding has been a big problem between Belize City and Ladyville. Hence the reason that we are looking forward to put a dedicated highway patrol from Hallover Bridge to Burrell Boom junction to deal with speeding and reckless driving in this area."
That was the Commander of Eastern Division Rural Edward Broaster. As we told you three persons were taken to the hospital - the driver of the pickup truck and two passenger sin the Mercedes Benz.
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