Monday, July 1, 2013
By SANCHESKA BROWN
Tribune Staff Reporter
sbrown@tribunemedia.net
POLICE are investigating two separate traffic accidents that claimed the lives of an 18-year-old girl and a 53-year-old man.
The latest incident occurred around 12:53am Sunday and involved a 2012 red Honda Accord and a 1997 blue Land Rover.
Police say the driver of an Accord was travelling south on Baillou Hill Road and the driver of the Land Rover was travelling west when the two collided.
The victim, who sources have identified as Raejean, was a back seat passenger in the Honda Accord. Sources say she was thrown from the vehicle on impact, she died at the scene.
Four other people who were involved in the accident walked away unharmed.
The second accident occurred around 12:15am Saturday in the area of Market and Brougham Streets.
It involved a white 2004 Honda Accord and a 1998 Nissan Pathfinder.
Police say the driver of the Pathfinder was travelling west on Brougham Street and the driver of the Accord was travelling south on Market Street when the vehicles collided.
The victim was a rear seat passenger in the Pathfinder. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
In view of the two fatalities of similar nature, Inspector Chrislyn Skippings is advising members of the public to always travel with due care and attention.
She said: “We never want these types of things to happen. We are urging members of the public to stick within the speed limit, pay attention to traffic signs and lights and be courteous to other road users. The streets are for everyone and we must all do what we can to keep them safe.”
Investigations into both matters are continuing.
Comments
superUser says...
First, RIP to the diseased.
Secondly, while they do not mention this, it is highly probable that one if not both of these incidents involved one or both of the vehicles running red lights - so that is what the following paragraphs are about - if that is not the case here, then I apologize but this is still a very valid issue that should be addressed.
Many Bahamians want to run the red light at night without realizing the consequences of such dangerous actions - these are the type of results to be expected. As long as the police do nothing to stop law breakers from running red lights at night, tragic yet inevitable incidents such as these will continue to happen.
24 hours a day, the law is the same - the police need to do their job more in this area, and people need to stay home if they are too "frightened" to stop at a red light. Most Bahamians that run the red light at night will clearly acknowledge they run it not due to fear, but because they can - at least so they think.
Meanwhile at night, generally the police are either asleep at the station, busy being bouncers at nightclubs, or if you do see them on the road in most cases they are just on a "food run". I commend the police that are actually out there day and night going after guns and drugs, but traffic is definitely one area the police fail at miserably.
Wake up Bahamas, literally. And please buckle up, even in the rear of the vehicle and especially at night.
Posted 1 July 2013, 6:09 p.m. Suggest removal
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