Injury RTC
Wed, 2005-05-11
Around 10:50pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported single vehicle road traffic collision resulting in injury on Trimingham Hill in Paget. It appears that a motorcycle was traveling south on Trimingham Hill when the rider, a 50 year old Southampton man, lost control and collided with a telephone pole. As a result, the motorcycle sustained front end damage. The Southampton man suffered a cut above his left eye and abrasions to his left knee. He was subsequently arrested for suspicion of impaired driving.
Around 2:35pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on Ord Road in Warwick involving a car and an auxiliary cycle. It appears that the car was traveling north out of the Paget Primary School exit and the auxiliary cycle was traveling west on Ord Road when the collision occurred. As a result, the car’s front and right side were damaged, while the auxiliary cycle was damaged in multiple areas. The driver of the car, a 37 year old Devonshire man, sustained minor injuries and the rider of the auxiliary cycle, a 16 year old Paget boy, sustained injuries to his head requiring 6 stitches and abrasions to his right leg. He was taken to KEMH and treated for his injuries, which are not believed to be life threatening. Inquiries into this incident are ongoing.
Advisory
Police are carrying out initiatives targeting speeding and other traffic offences around the island. On Tuesday, officers caught 39 speeders; 8 traveling in excess of 70km/h, 2 traveling in excess of 80 km/h, and 1 traveling at 97km/h - this individual was a 17 year old. The rest were clocked at speeds between 55km/h and 65km/h. We are reminding all road users to obey the speed limit and to use care, caution and courtesy on the island’s roads.
The Police Support (PSU) is also conducting mobile patrols island-wide. Between 8pm on Tuesday and 3:30am on Wednesday, the PSU checked Kindley Field Road, St. George’s; Freddies Pub on the Square, St. George’s; White Horse Tavern, St. George’s; Club Malabar, Sandy’s parish; Malabar Road, Sandy’s parish; Marsh Folly Road, Pembroke; and Blackwatch Pass, Pembroke. They made a total of 6 arrests – 5 for outstanding warrants, and 1 for suspicion of impaired driving.
