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Bicycle Rider Run Over On Hummingbird
posted (January 16, 2017)
And, there was a similar traffic fatality in Belmopan.

A man was knocked down and killed on Saturday night on the Hummingbird Highway. 52-year-old Salvadoran Oscar Emigidio (E-mi-hid-yo) Santillana (Santi-yana) was riding a beach cruiser between miles 53 and 54, which is within Belmopan City limits, which is when Michael John Rau hit him from behind in a Honda CR-V. Rivas received massive injuries from the impact and was flung to the side of the road where he died on the spot.

Police have served Michael John Rau with a notice of intended prosecution, and his vehicle was impounded.

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