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And while Sutherland’s murder was the first in a flurry of New Year’s killings, there have also been a flurry of road traffic fatalities since Saturday.  Three men have been killed: one on motorbike, two on bicycle.  The most recent happened last night when a Tillet’s Bus knocked down and killed a man on bicycle in the Corozal District.  The police press officer told us that the victim is unidentified:…

Raphael Martinez - Police Press Officer
"At 6:30 pm yesterday, police visited a scene at mile 69 on the Phillip Goldson highway in the village of Buena Vista in that vicinity where they saw a bus, passenger bus and a bicycle on the scene. And on the scene as well was a person, an unidentified male person who was fatally injured in that traffic accident investigations revealed that the bus was travelling towards Corozal and the bus was also travelling in that same direction when he was allegedly hit from behind and he reportedly died on the spot. Now the reason why this person has not been identified, police are still checking his identity because when the police searched him, his person they did not find anything to identify the victim. I can assure you, though, that they are on the ground and by anytime now we should be having an identification for this person who was hit last night."

"When police checked his pockets -as I mentioned earlier, he did not have an ID card - but what they found in his pocket and this may or may not be his identity, is a paper that has Victor Munoz Pech Alcoser date of birth first January 1957, as i mentioned earlier, just to reiterate, this may or may not be the identity of this man."

Insp Fitzroy Yearwood - Police Press Officer
"Maybe you can help us to identify to identify this latest traffic accident victim, noh?â€￾

Raphael Martinez - Police Press Officer
 Ã¢â‚¬Å“So we want to appeal to all our drivers out there and all our cyclists, especially our cyclists, to - if you’re driving, if you’re riding your bicycle or your motorcycle, your bicycle especially at night, please have the requisite reflective gear.  Have on a reflector, have, if you’re riding in a dark area, have something bright that people can identify you from a distance, so to avoid this type of injuries, and to the motorists please take your time."

Police still have not positively identified the victim but he is believed to be a Mexican.