By JADE RUSSELL
Tribune Staff Reporter
jrussell@tribunemedia.net
POLICE in New Providence are investigating a traffic accident that left a 37-year-old man dead on Friday.
According to police, while driving on the northern side of Sir Milo Butler Highway, the man lost control of his black coloured Nissan Note. He crashed into the back of a white flatbed truck, also travelling in a northerly direction.
The accident occurred around 5.19am on Friday.
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were contacted and on arrival gave medical assistance to the victim, but he died of his injuries at the scene.
Investigations into the accident are continuing.
This latest incident comes after another traffic fatality in Grand Bahama left a woman dead on Thursday.
Police said the female driver was travelling in the northbound lane on Seahorse Road when she crashed into a tree at the centre median. Due to the extensive damage received, the jaws of life were used to extract the driver from the vehicle.
EMS personnel attended and took the victim to the hospital, where she was seen and examined by a doctor who later pronounced her dead.
Last week, Transport Minister Jobeth Coleby-Davis said officials are trying to bring mobile inspection units to the country to ensure that vehicles are road-worthy.
Mrs Coleby-Davis said there have been too many road deaths occurring on the streets, and it is critical that vehicles are in good condition.
“We have mobile inspection units that we are trying to bring into the country; one will be coming to GB,” she said.
She said that a vehicle would be able to drive through the inspection unit.
“Road safety and roadworthiness are very important to this administration because, over the last few months and last year, we had a lot of traffic fatalities that have taken the lives of our young people,” the minister said.
Comments
IslandWarrior 1 year, 4 months ago
In the past three administrations, PTI Bahamas has made significant efforts to implement a comprehensive Vehicle Inspection Program across the country, with four stations in Nassau, two in Grand Bahama, and one in each of the more populated islands. Unfortunately, the proposal faced obstacles during the last failed Minnis Administration, where the Minister of Transport (Wells) favoured senior party members who gained access to the proposal. The original proposal went missing during the election campaign when it was handed to Brensle Rolle and Frankie Cambell; Cambell became Traffic Minister for a few months under the new Minnis Administration. Recently, under the Davis Administration, the current Transport and Housing Minister, JoBeth Coleby-Davis, met with our team and promised to stay in touch if there were any changes in the government's decision on the proposal. However, she also advised us not to keep our hopes up due to others showing interest. Based on our experience, it appears that the current government led by the Brave/Cheaster Combo, known as the "New Day Government," is simply a continuation of the same corrupt and nepotistic administrations of the past. Meanwhile, our Vehicle Inspection Program proposal still awaits approval and implementation.
When it comes to road safety, both drivers and pedestrians face a variety of challenges and risks.
Unfortunately, most vehicles imported as 'cheap' transport are scraps from other countries, "repaired" in the Bahamas (taxed) and then sold to unsuspecting buyers as reliable transportation, putting them in danger without their knowledge.
Furthermore, oversize trucks lack
proper safety features such as
reflectors and warning devices when
disabled at night.
Additionally, a concerning trend of
rejected, outdated, reused, and
re-threaded tires being sold as new
threatens everyone on the road.
Dawes 1 year, 4 months ago
It would first help if everyone could know how to drive legally. i have seen too many times people making two lanes into 3, not caring about a red traffic light. pulling out in front of other cars expecting them to stop. All along i have never seen the police ticket any of these people, even when the police car has had to move over to let the 3rd lane car through. If the laws are not enforced, then expect mayhem on the roads, whether the cars are road worthy or not.
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