There was a terrible accident on the western Highway near Cisco Construction at mile four just before 1:00 this afternoon. A black extended cab Ford F - 150 double cab pickup truck was westbound when it was trying to overtake a white cargo truck. When the pickup veered into the lane of oncoming traffic, it drove into the path of an oncoming police pickup. The police driver had to run off the road to avoid a head on collision. But when the F150 finished overtaking, the driver got rattled and when he got back into his lane, he rammed into another pickup that was parked on the side of the road. That high speed impact caused the Ford pickup to violently flip - and at least one man was flung from the pickup and was seen on the road. We spoke to the passenger in the police pickup - Inspector Aaron Gamboa:
Insp. Aaron Gamboa, Special Patrol Unit
"We were going towards Belize City and we saw a white truck ahead and a black 150 Ford Pickup overtook and it loses control on the side of the road and then it started to slide sideways into our Ford 150 police vehicle. When we saw that now, the driver said that he have to take one chance and go in the right hand side of the road into the savannah, otherwise it would have been a head-on collision. Definitely I wouldn't be talking to you today."
Reporter
"At this point in time you would say that the F150 was in the fault?"
Insp. Aaron Gamboa, Special Patrol Unit
"Definitely. If you noticed after its slide, it went into the red pickup and then it flipped."
Reporter
"Are you aware of anyone in the black F150 seriously or hurt?"
Insp. Aaron Gamboa, Special Patrol Unit
"Definitely 3 of them they pulled from the truck and from there they called for the paramedic and then they came and took them."
Two persons in the pickup had to be taken to the hospital, while a third was still on the scene. Police could not tell us their status. Traffic was blocked for miles for over an hour.
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