The Tribune

By AVA TURNQUEST

and PAVEL BAILEY

Tribune Staff Reporter

pbailey@tribunemedia.net

FIVE men are dead following a spate of separate traffic accidents over the weekend — with the latest occurring early this morning.

According to police, a man was driving a metallic gray Honda Passport with two male passengers when he lost control and collided with a tree shortly after 2am this morning. He was traveling north along Sir Milo Butler Highway in the northern bound lane, and collided into a tree on the western side of the highway. The driver was trapped inside the vehicle along with the front-seat passenger after the crash.

Police said Fire Services personnel utilized the Jaws of Life to extricate both men from the vehicle, who showed no vital signs of life. The rear-seat passenger was removed from the vehicle and transported to the hospital with serious injuries.

The rear-seat passenger later succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

On Sunday afternoon, a traffic accident near the intersection of Prince Charles Drive and College Gardens Road resulted in the death of male motorcyclist sometime around 2pm.

According to police, the male driver of a white Chevrolet Equinox with two passengers was traveling east on Prince Charles Drive and attempted to turn south onto College Gardens Road when he reportedly collided with the motorcyclist operating a black and blue Yamaha Ray ZR who was traveling west on Prince Charles Drive, crossing the intersection of College Gardens Road.

The collision between the two vehicles resulted in the motorcyclist sustaining severe injuries, and as a result, he succumbed to his injuries on scene.

Those deaths followed a fatal accident in western New Providence that claimed the life of a man early on Saturday morning.

Chief Superintendent Eugene Strachan, officer in charge of the traffic division, detailed Saturday’s fatal collision between a black Dodge Ram and a silver Ford Edge. 

“Sometime around 4.30am police received a call of a traffic crash that occurred on the New Providence Highway that is just south of West Bay Street,” Chief Superintendent Strachan said. 

“Preliminary inquiries into this matter reveal that there were two vehicles involved, that being a black heavy Dodge Ram Truck and a Ford Escape. Information is that the truck was travelling north along the corridor, for whatever reason, decided to overtake the vehicles that was also travelling northbound and collided into the truck that was traveling south.”

“As a result of that crash, the Ford jeep came to rest in the western side into the ditch of the corridor. There were two adult males in the Dodge Ram and there were two males in the Ford Edge. The two males in the Dodge Ram complained about pain about the chest and the head, but they were taken to the hospital via private vehicle.”

“The front seat passenger of the Edge, however, was pinned into the right passenger section of the vehicle. He had to be extricated by the jaws of life. EMS was summoned, and upon their examination they reported that there was no vital signs. However, the driver of the Edge was taken to PMH via ambulance.”

While the identity of the deceased victim has yet to be released to the public, Chief Superintendent Strachan said that the driver of the Edge’s condition was listed as stable but serious.