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Injury RTC

Thu, 2009-02-26

Around 6:55pm on Thursday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Middle Road in Smith’s parish near the junction with Aldie Drive involving a rental cycle and a truck. It appears that the rental cycle was traveling east on Middle Road and the truck was traveling in the opposite direction when the vehicles collided. The rider of the cycle, a 29 year old Smith’s parish woman, sustained head as well as internal injuries and was taken to KEMH via ambulance for treatment. She is currently in the Intensive Care Unit. The driver of the truck, a 42 year old Warwick man, was not injured. The rental cycle received extensive front end damage while the truck was not damaged. Inquiries into this incident are underway.

Burglary

February 26 - Daily Report

Wed, 2009-02-25

Robbery - Around 7:30pm on Wednesday, Police received a report of a robbery on St. John’s Road in Pembroke. It appears that the victim, a 19 year old Pembroke man, was riding an auxiliary cycle west on St. John’s Road when he was approached by an unknown man on a motorcycle who rode up alongside him. The suspect demanded money from the Pembroke man and managed to bring the victim’s cycle to a stop.

Robbery

Wed, 2009-02-25

Around 7:30pm on Wednesday, Police received a report of a robbery on St. John’s Road in Pembroke. It appears that the victim, a 19 year old Pembroke man, was riding an auxiliary cycle west on St. John’s Road when he was approached by an unknown man on a motorcycle who rode up alongside him. The suspect demanded money from the Pembroke man and managed to bring the victim’s cycle to a stop. The suspect then brandished a bladed article and removed a black wallet, a gold chain and two gold rings from the 19 year old Pembroke man before making good his escape. The victim was not injured. The suspect was described as a yellow skinned male with facial hair of muscular build believed to be in his 30s; he was wearing a grey hooded top, dark coloured jeans and a black helmet with a mirrored visor.

February 25 - Daily Report

Tue, 2009-02-24

Injury RTC - At 4:05pm on Tuesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Middle Road in Southampton near the junction with Camp Hill involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian. It appears that the victim, a 10 year old Southampton girl and her brother were walking across the pedestrian crossing opposite Heron Bay Marketplace, as traffic in both directions had stopped to allow them to cross the road.

Injury RTC

Tue, 2009-02-24

At 4:05pm on Tuesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Middle Road in Southampton near the junction with Camp Hill involving a motorcycle and a pedestrian. It appears that the victim, a 10 year old Southampton girl and her brother were walking across the pedestrian crossing opposite Heron Bay Marketplace, as traffic in both directions had stopped to allow them to cross the road. The rider of the motorcycle, an 18 year old Warwick man, was traveling east on Middle Road, overtook the eastbound line of traffic and collided with the 10 year old girl. The victim sustained bruising to her right foot and abdomen while her brother was apparently not injured. The motorcyclist was not injured; however his cycle received minor front end damage.

February 24 - Weekly Review

Mon, 2009-02-23

The Bermuda Police Service continues to advise the motoring public to slow down and to use care, caution and courtesy on the island's roads. Additionally, we urge those traveling in cars to use their seatbelts at all times and those traveling on motorcycles to fasten their helmets and avoid making a third lane.

During the week of Monday, February 16th - Monday, February 23rd 2009 there were:

Roads Policing Unit Statistics

Mon, 2009-02-23

The Bermuda Police Service continues to advise the motoring public to slow down and to use care, caution and courtesy on the island’s roads. Additionally, we urge those traveling in cars to use their seatbelts at all times and those traveling on motorcycles to fasten their helmets and avoid making a third lane.

During the week of Monday, February 16th – Monday, February 23rd 2009 there were:

* Reported Injury Collisions = 11
* Reported Damage Only Collisions = 35
* Arrests on Suspicion of Impaired Driving = 2
* Vehicles Reported Taken Without Their Owners’ Consent = 11
* Number of vehicles reported stolen by parish: Hamilton parish = 1, Smith’s parish = 1, Devonshire = 1, Pembroke = 5, Warwick = 2 and Sandy’s parish = 1.

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