The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm the death of 43 year old Tyrone Berkeley of Sandy’s parish. Around 9:30pm on Monday, Police received a report of a man overboard in the Cockburn Road, Sandy’s parish area. The Marine Police Unit assisted by Police divers from the Underwater Search & Rescue Team attended the area as well as Police officers on land. Police personnel conducted a thorough search of the shoreline area and inshore waters which lasted into the early hours of Tuesday; however, Mr. Berkeley was not located. The search resumed later Tuesday morning and the victim’s lifeless body was subsequently located in the waters near Dockyard. It appears that Mr. Berkeley went fishing in the Dockyard area Monday night when he got into difficulty. A full investigation into this incident is underway. The Bermuda Police Service extends our sincere condolences to the family & friends of the deceased.

Around 2:50 this morning, Police attended a reported single vehicle damage only road traffic collision at the junction of South Road and Southcourt Avenue in Paget. It appears that a car was traveling west on South Road when the driver, a 26 year old St. George’s man, lost control and collided with a stone pillar. The St. George’s man was not injured; however he was subsequently arrested on suspicion of impaired driving. The car received moderate front end damage.