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Three dead in road crashes

The scene of last night’s fatal crash at the entrance to Mount Pleasant Village last night in which a man was killed. It was one of two traffic fatalities over the weekend, following another crash on West Bay Street at 2am on Friday.  Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff

The scene of last night’s fatal crash at the entrance to Mount Pleasant Village last night in which a man was killed. It was one of two traffic fatalities over the weekend, following another crash on West Bay Street at 2am on Friday.  Photo: Dante Carrer/Tribune Staff

Mother says daughter killed in one of three weekend fatalities ‘lived life to fullest’

By LEANDRA ROLLE

Tribune Chief Reporter

lrolle@tribunemedia.net 

NARISSA Reckley, a young woman killed in a car accident on Friday, was a quiet and loving person “who lived life to the fullest”, her relatives said.

It was one of three deadly crashes that took place at the weekend, with last night a man being killed in a collision at the entrance to Mount Pleasant Village, and a motorcyclist having died after a 1am crash at Infant View Road. 

Traffic deaths this year are outpacing last year’s numbers.

Reckley, 26, was reportedly travelling west on West Bay Street around 2am  on Friday when she lost control of her vehicle and crashed into a wall at Caves Village. She was the sole occupant of the

 sole occupant of the vehicle.

Police said they had to use the jaws of life to remove her from the car and suspect that speed was a factor in the crash.

Her death and the death of a man in Mount Pleasant and a motorcyclist in Infant View Road yesterday have pushed the country’s traffic fatality count to 39 for the year, according to The Tribune’s records. 

Chief Superinendent Eugene Strachan said that tally is about six more than last year’s to this point. He urged motorists to slow down and drive cautiously.

He said officers have caught people driving between 75mph and 90mph.

“You know what they say to us? We didn’t see a posted speed limit,” he said. “Nowhere in The Bahamas or the Caribbean is a posted 75mph speed limit.”

Reckley’s untimely death prompted sad reactions from her friends and family members on social media.

Her mother, Rhoda Cleare, said she graduated from St Augustine’s College in 2015 and was employed by the Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality as a meteorology technician.

In the incident at Mount Pleasant, police reported that two vehicles travelling north on Western Road were in collision, one a white Honda Accord, the other a dark Suzuki Swift. 

Police said the Accord tried to turn into Nelson Street, and the Suzuki tried to overtake and a collision occured. 

The Suzuki flipped over and collided with the entrance sign to Mount Pleasant. Police said the male driver, believed to be in his early 20s, was pronounced lifeless by emergency medical technicians. 

The woman driving the Honda, believed to be in her early 60s, was injured and taken to Princess Margaret Hospital for treatment. 

Police also said that at about 1am on Sunday, there was a traffic accident at Infant View Road, just off Nassau Street. 

A lone motorcyclist, on a 125CC motorbike, lost control and collided into a retainer wall. He was taken to PMH where it was later reported that he had died. 

Comments

pt_90 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Sad and preventable

Unfortunately each day people don't follow traffic rules, signals, stops yoi name it The govt doesn't enforce traffic rules The govt can't even print plates Motorcycles have taken over nassau with no care for anyone and never follow the rules

Let's get serious everyone, else we lose more lives

bahamianson 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Need toban cars. Cars are killing people.

John 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Police say they are clocking vehicles doing 70-80-90 even 100 m p h when the speed limit nationwide is still 45 mph. When you are on a dual carriage way, vehicles will overtake and switch right back in front of you even when the lane they are in is clear. They start blowing behind you even before the light changes to green or even before you have reached the intersection. They not only turning left on red but going straight ahead or turning right as well and doing this while not yielding to the vehicles that have the green light or the right of way. Some inexperienced drivers don’t know that vehicles operate differently on a wet road. Applying the brakes to rapidly can cause a vehicle to pick up speed and sharp turns at high speeds can cause you to lose control and collide with obstacles off the road or another vehicle

sheeprunner12 4 months, 3 weeks ago

No street etiquette, nor driving discipline.

Best describes urban Bahamians

SP 4 months, 3 weeks ago

I don't get it, why and where are people speeding around, risking lives, to get to so fast in the first place on a 7 X 21 Island? 🙄

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