By KHRISNA VIRGIL
Tribune Staff Reporter
kvirgil@tribunemedia.net
A CHILD became the country’s latest traffic fatality when the driver of the car he was in lost control on an Eleuthera highway yesterday.
Police on the island and officials from New Providence have launched an intensive investigation into the matter which claimed the life of the 15-month-old boy. Police sources have identified the victim as Keiron Dorcent.
According to eye witnesses, the vehicle, a green 2001 Nissan Sentra, was travelling north on Queen’s Highway at around 10:30am. There were six people in the car when it hit a utility pole — three women and three small boys.
Police said that each of the remaining five persons received substantial injuries. At around 10:40 am the island doctor examined Keiron and pronounced him dead from his injuries.
A woman and two toddlers were last night on their way to Nassau for medical treatment. Another woman was treated on the island and discharged. She too was referred to Nassau for further medical care.
Just last week a man was killed in Abaco when his car crashed into a utility pole. The incident took place on Sunday, February 11, at around 3:20am on the corner of Forest Drive and Southside Road in Murphy Town.
Officers who responded to the scene found a grey 1990 Ford Mustang against a BEC pole. The driver, who was still inside the vehicle, was unresponsive. Paramedics and a local doctor arrived at the scene, but he was pronounced dead.
Comments
Concerned 11 years, 10 months ago
Khrisna Virgil really needs to improve her writing style as it always appears to paint the wrong image of the story - to sensationalize it. In the Abaco hunting accident story she stressed that the deceased received multiple gunshots and went on to list all the places that he was shot. THis is indeed true but gives the impression that the shooter fired multiple times. Whereas, all she had to say was that the man was a shot was a buckshot and therefore the many pellets hit in multiple locations. This would instantaneously give readers a clear picture of what happened.
Now in this story she is saying that the occupants of the car all received "substantial injuries". But goes on later to say that some were making their way to Nassau and some were treated and discharged. I'm sorry but this does not bode for "Substantial" injuries. Substantial injury gives the impression of emergency flights into Nassau and people being in critical condition.
Please improve your writing Ms. Virgil. I'm no journalist and no professional writer but I can say that your articles are not well written.
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