Injury RTC
Wed, 2009-01-14
Around 6:10pm on Wednesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury at the junction of Harrington Sound Road and Harrington Hundreds Road in Smith’s parish involving a car and a motorcycle. It appears that the car was traveling east on Harrington Sound Road and the motorcycle was traveling in the opposite direction when the vehicles collided.
Read MoreRoads Policing Unit Statistics
Mon, 2009-01-12
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.
Jan 12
Mon, 2009-01-12
Burglary At 7:40 this morning, Police attended a reported burglary at Northlands Primary School. On arrival officers spoke with the complainant who stated that sometime between 7pm on Friday and 7:30am on Monday, an unknown culprit gained entry into a classroom on the premises and stole a black Dell desktop computer (hard drive, monitor, keyboard & mouse). Inquiries into this incident are underway. Weekend Activity Over the weekend there were 4 people arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and 5 reported burglaries. There were also 13 reported damage only road traffic collisions, 7 reported road traffic collisions resulting in injury and 3 vehicles reported taken without their owners’ consent. All incidents are under investigation.
Injury RTC
Fri, 2009-01-09
Around 7pm on Tuesday, Police attended a reported road traffic collision resulting in injury on North Shore Road in Hamilton parish near the junction with Cottage Hill Road involving a car and an auxiliary cycle. It appears that both vehicles were traveling east on North Shore Road with the car in front of the auxiliary cycle when the car came to a stop. The rider of the cycle, a 17 year old Hamilton parish man, was unable to stop in time and collided with the rear of the car.
2009 Roads Policing Initiatives
Wed, 2009-01-07
2008 will be remembered as one of the most tragic in recent years as far as road fatalities are concerned after 17 individuals lost their lives during that year on Bermuda’s roads. This is a clear indicator that we as a community must do things differently.
Incorrect Information in January 7th 2009 Bermuda Sun Re: Speed Cameras
Tue, 2009-01-06
In today’s Bermuda Sun (January 7th, 2009) there was a very detailed article as it relates to speed cameras in Bermuda. Firstly, the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) would like to make it abundantly clear that the clandestine Police source that was quoted in the Bermuda Sun does not speak on behalf of the organization and the details are not an accurate depiction of the issues surrounding the adoption of speed cameras on the island.
Sudden Death
Thu, 2009-01-01
Around 4:20pm today, Police received a report of a sudden death. On arrival officers observed the body of a man lying outside a Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke premises in an unresponsive state. The victim was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene by an on call physician. Inquiries are ongoing. Foul play has not been ruled out. No further information will be released until the next of kin has been notified.
Funeral of Andrew Jackson
Flight Diversion
Thu, 2009-01-01
At 4:30pm on Wednesday, Police received a report of a flight diversion to Bermuda due to the alleged unruly behaviour of several passengers. The First Choice Airways flight was en route from Manchester, UK to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic with 256 passengers onboard at the time.
