Handbag Snatch
Wed, 2009-03-04
Around 6:50pm on Wednesday, Police received a report of a handbag snatch on Angle Street in Pembroke. It appears that around 6:30pm that day the victims, a 37 year old Pembroke man and a 28 year old Pembroke woman, were on an auxiliary cycle traveling east on Angle Street when an unknown man on a motorcycle rode past and grabbed the pillion passenger’s handbag. As a result the victims and the auxiliary cycle they were on fell to the ground while the suspect made good his escape with the handbag. It does not appear that the 37 year old man (rider) or the 28 year old woman (pillion passenger) were injured. The handbag contained a cellular phone, wallet and personal items. The male suspect is described as wearing an orange sweat top and jeans. Inquiries into this incident are underway. Police are appealing for any witnesses to this incident or anyone with any information to contact the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit on 295-0011.
Injury RTC
Around 7:30pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Marsh Folly Road in Pembroke near the junction with Factory Lane, involving a motorcycle, a taxi and a car. It appears that the car and the motorcycle were traveling west on Marsh Folly Road and the taxi was traveling in the opposite direction when the vehicles collided. The rider of the cycle, a 35 year old Devonshire man, sustained a fractured left leg. The driver of the car, a 51 year old Devonshire woman and the driver of the taxi, a 50 year old Pembroke man, were not injured. The taxi and the car received moderate damage while the motorcycle was extensively damaged. It also appears that the cycle involved in this collision was stolen. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
Around 4:45pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Sound View Road in Sandy’s parish near the junction with Heathcote Hill involving a motorcycle and a truck. It appears that the truck was traveling north on Sound View Road and the motorcycle was traveling in the opposite direction when the vehicles collided. The rider of the cycle, a 26 year old Pembroke man, sustained injuries to both arms and his right leg. The truck driver, a 62 year old Sandy’s parish man, was not injured. The motorcycle was extensively damaged while the truck received moderate damage. Inquiries into this incident are underway.
