Fri, 2024-07-12

Around 11:57 p.m. on Thursday, July 11th, 2024, police received a report of a single vehicle road traffic collision involving a motorcycle at Pepper Hall/Orange Hole Road, St. George’s.

It is understood a male motorcycle rider was travelling east, along Tommy Fox Road, near the junction with Pepper Hall Road, St. George’s, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with what is believed to be a metal pole.

Officers arrived at the scene to find the victim receiving treatment from EMTs.

He was subsequently transported by ambulance to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. At last check he remained in the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit receiving treatment for his injuries which are considered life threatening.

Meanwhile, shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 11th, 2024, Police attended a single vehicle road traffic collision involving a motorcycle near the junction of North Shore Road and Jennings Road, Smiths.

It was reported that two males on a motorcycle were travelling east on North Shore Road in Smiths, when the rider apparently lost control as he tried to negotiate a series of bends and collided with an embankment causing both males to be ejected from the vehicle and onto the roadway.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers found both males lying on the roadway. They were both attended to by EMTs before being transported by ambulance to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for further treatment of their injuries which were not thought to be life threatening.

Both incidents are now under investigation and anyone with information is asked to call the Roads Policing Unit on, 247-1788 or, the main police number, 295-0011.

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