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Man Loses Life In Bulldozer Scrape
posted (January 29, 2018)
It was a weekend of death in Belize - there were three murders, one accidental death - and this afternoon, a fatal traffic accident.

It happened on the Boom Road around 3:00 where a Toyota RAV 4 clipped a bulldozer that was being carried on a trailer.

The impact shredded the driver's side of the RAV4 - leaving it a mangled wreck. When our team arrived on the scene, the driver was dead, and his body lay on the pavement surrounded by police officers. We understand that when police got there he was in the vehicle behind the wheel already dead from the massive impact which tore off the side of the RAV.

Police zipped his body in a bag, and took him away in the back of a patrol truck. We have the name, but are not releasing it, to make sure his family is informed.

The bulldozer showed no signs of damage.

We are awaiting a full police report to determine in which direction the vehicles were heading when the impact occurred. On the scene - they were both pointed west - but were about 400 feet apart - suggesting that the impact had sent the RAV 4 careening across the highway.

Over the years, bulldozer blades have caused numerous fatalities on the road.

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