Two people are dead after separate traffic accidents on Andros and New Providence.

According to reports, shortly after 5pm on Friday, police on Andros were called to an accident in the Staniard Creek settlement. Officers found a dark blue Honda Accord with extensive damage after it had collided with a utility pole. A man was trapped in the wreckage. He was removed and transported to the community clinic before being pronounced dead by the medical practitioner.

In the second accident, on Saturday shortly before 5pm, a Nissan Cube and Grand Cherokee Jeep collided on Cumberland Street resulting in the Cube hitting a utility pole. The driver of the Cube was pronounced dead at the scene.