A small child was killed in a road tragedy yesterday morning in the Orange Walk District. It all started with 15-year-old Darwin Hernandez, who is not a licensed driver. The teenager was driving a Toyota Hilux pickup on the blue creek road and collided with another Toyota truck, which was traveling in the opposite direction.
15-year-old Darwin, his two sisters and a niece who were along with him took the brunt of the impact. Four-month-old Maribel Hernandez was being held by her 17 year old aunt in the cab of the pickup and she was flung out of the vehicle and landed on the windshield of the other truck. The infant died on impact. Darwin, 23-year-old Norma and 17-year-old Rosita all received facial and body injuries and were taken to the KHMH where they are listed in critical condition. The man ion the other truck, Guatemalan Carlos Estrada Pinta has a fractured hand and his passenger Franz Rempel was unharmed.
