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It happened at mile one on the Northern Highway at the Dream Like City nightclub. 41-year-old British Sergeant Lee Humphreys, attached to BATSUB was driving an F150 pickup and appears to have put it in the wrong gear - he thought it was in reverse, but it was in drive, and when he hit the gas, he ran over 43-year-old Salvadorean Jose Chinchilla Molina and his three friends who were socializing at Sonia's Diner, which is just outside the nightclub. Chinchilla was crushed under his wheel and died on the spot. Sargeant Humphries was taken into custody and his vehicle was impounded. Today police told us it is not a regular criminal prosecution:...

ASP Desiree Phillips, OC - Eastern North Division
"There is a memorandum of understanding between the United Kingdom and the Government of Belize which we will be honoring in terms of British personnel being involved in any criminal act within the country of Belize, which the person responsible be handed over to the commander of BATSUB and the file will be completed and handed over to the director of public prosecutions."

Police today sent the file to the DPP.