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Grandfather Run Over on San Narciso Road
posted (January 26, 2018)
There was a fatal accident last night in northern Belize. At about 6:30, 52 year old cane cutter Hermenejildo Patt was riding his bicycle on the San Narciso Road heading to San Victor village when he was run over by an Isuzu Rodeo. The driver, 35 year old Silvevestre Chable hit Patt and dragged him some distance before he stopped. Remarkably, the 52 year old survived the impact - but died on the way to the hospital.

An eyewitness told CTV-3 news that Chable did not apply brakes and seemed to have been drinking:

Voice of: Witness
"The victim was crossing on this side when the white Rodeo was approaching. At that moment, the man didn't brake, he just accelerated, that's when he hit him."

Voice of: victim's daughter
"And this man, he reacted poorly and he ran over my father, and then he parked at the Chinese store."

Voice of: witness
"But he looked like he had alcohol in his brain."

Voice of victim's daughter
"My father is a human being and he deserves to be treated with dignity. Let them find justice."

A blood sample was taken from Chable and he was served with a notice of intended prosecution.

Patt had 6 kids and 3 grandchildren.

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